Can you tell me about racemation?

[Cakes]

I sure hope so.

[buddyh]

Isn't that what they came up with after 'Claymation'?

[GreenThumb]

Did you mean Racemization?

Here is a link..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racemization

[buddyh]

Racemation \Rac`e*ma"tion\ (r[a^]s`[-e]*m[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L.
racematio a gleaning, fr. racemari to glean, racemus a
cluster of grapes. See Raceme.]
1. A cluster or bunch, as of grapes. --Sir T. Browne.
[1913 Webster]

2. Cultivation or gathering of clusters of grapes. [R.] --Bp.
Burnet.
[1913 Webster]

[Cakes]

and thanks from the space station

[Yrekagrow]

Racemation Meaning and Definition: :D
(n.) Cultivation or gathering of clusters of grapes.
(n.) A cluster or bunch, as of grapes.

why do you want to know? if you don't mind me asking... are we gana make wine?:) lol

[Cakes]

It also has to do with the turning of light. Controlling the substance that light is made of seems (to me) to be akin to the ultimate tool.

[Yrekagrow]

"the turning of light" does not exist except in a black-hole (unless your talking about turning light BULBS... or the science involved in potencial informational time travel)

ultimate tool for what?

[pflover]

Cakes, really, are you ever going to READ and see that you have the wrong word? it is NOT racemation that you want to know about but

Racemization!!! like greenflame says!


here:

"Racemization
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In chemistry racemization refers to partial conversion of one enantiomer into another.

Chiral molecules have two forms (at each point of asymmetry) which differ in their optical characteristics: the levorotatory form (the (-)-form) will rotate the plane of polarization of a beam of light to the left, while the dextrorotatory form (the (+)-form) will rotate the plane of polarization of a beam of light to the right. The two forms, which are non-superimposable mirror-images, are said to be enantiomorphic: each is the enantiomer of the other.

Many chemical processes take place without regard to a substance's optical characteristics, and result in a racemic mixture in which neither form predominates. However, pure forms of the enantiomers can be obtained: for example, by allowing crystallization, and hand-separating the left-handed and right-handed crystals. Biochemical reactions also prefer one enantiomer over another: most amino acids are enantiopure, and the L-form is used preferentially in biological systems.

Racemization is the process of an enantioenriched substance becoming a mixture of enantiomeric forms; the rate of racemization (from L-forms to a mixture of L-forms and D-forms) has been used as a way of dating biological specimens."

Yrekagrow, this is what he ment by "turning light"..... "the levorotatory form (the (-)-form) will rotate the plane of polarization of a beam of light to the left, while the dextrorotatory form (the (+)-form) will rotate the plane of polarization of a beam of light to the right."

merf, the word you are using means GRAPES and NOT truning of light! <shaking head>