Instructions for: Polarization of Light

Polarization of Light is a light box with a polarizing filter on the front. There is another filter that is mounted in front of the fixed filter that can be rotated. In one position, the two filters disagree and very little light gets through. Transparent objects can alter the polarization of the light travelling through them, giving a color effect. Molded plastic has strains frozen in that can be visualized this way.

 

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