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• Those substances are able to rotate the plane of polarized light to the left or to the right, as the case may be.
• Definitions may be altered as dictated by the convenience of the situation.
• The molten metal is charged into alloying furnaces, or cast into pigs, as (may be) required.
• The temperature of the solution is controlled by introducing hot or cold solution, as the situation requires.
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