Editing Polarizers and Corn Syrup (section)

== Why This Works ==

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'''''Polarizers''''' are transparent sheets which filter out half of the light coming through them. A polarizer will only let light through at a certain angle. When looking through a single polarizer, you might see some shadows and reflections change on objects. When you use two polarizers, you can see the second polarizer going completely dark when positioned at the correct angle. This is because the first polarizer is only letting light through at one angle, while the second is blocking that angled light!

When you look at the corn syrup or the cut polarizer, you will see colors coming through them instead of them turning dark. This is because the tape on the polarizer and the corn syrup are '''''Optically Active Materials''''', or '''OAM'''s. OAMs are materials that have a mix of regular and mirrored molecules. Because they have a mix, instead of having either only regular or only mirrored molecules, these materials cause light to pass through them irregularly. This results in the wavelengths, or colors, of light passing through to exit at different angles! This is why, as you rotate a polarizer, the corn syrup or the taped polarizer will change colors!

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