Dextrorotatory and dextrorotation are terms used in chemistry to describe the direction in which a substance rotates plane-polarized light. When a substance is said to be dextrorotatory, it means that it rotates plane-polarized light to the right or clockwise direction, whereas when it is levorotatory, it rotates plane-polarized light to the left or counterclockwise direction.
The terms "dextrorotatory" and "levorotatory" come from the Latin words "dexter" meaning "right" and "lævus" meaning...
a)When silver nitrate comes in contact with skin, it is reduced to white color metallic silver.In most cases, a black stain appears due to formation of finely divided silver which has black color.
The black color is due to the decomposition of the Ag+ ion into Ag, silver. Silver nitrate will slowly decompose with the silver ion reverting to elemental silver. The microscopic particles of silver are so small that they absorb light instead of reflecting it, and so appear black, instead of silver....
the symbols used in the story are:
- house and shops- it symbolizes Aksionov's family and material possessions
- nightmare-it symbolizes a bad omen.
- blood-stained knife- it indicates Aksionov's lack of control over his fate.
- the prison- Aksionov's pain and subsequent mystical transformation are symbolized by the prison.
- the book(the lives of the saints)- gives an impression of religiosity.
