Q31e.
Question
Which of the following objects are chiral?
(a) A basketball
(b) A fork
(c) A wine glass
(d) A golf club
(e) A spiral staircase
(f) A snowflake
(e)
Step-by-Step Solution
Verified Answer
A spiral staircalse is chiral.
1Step 1: Definition of chiral.
Chiral objects are those which have non-superimposable mirror images of each other.
2Step 2: Check Chirality.
The dashed line represents the position of the mirror.
As we can see, the spiral staircase has superimposable mirror images, hence spiral staircase is chiral.
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