Your two hands are not superposable; when your palms face in the same direction, for instance, one thumb will be up, while the other will be down.
Enantiomorphs belong to a special class of symmetry that is actually closer to a dissymmetry: ‘the mirror image of [the crystal is] not superposable upon the crystal itself.’
Since electrostatic forces are superposable, it follows that electric fields are also superposable.
The easiest way to tell if the mirror image is superimposable or not and superposable is to find the stereochemistry at the stereocenter.
Two molecular entities that are superposable or can be made superposable by reflection of one of them in a mirror are isometric; otherwise they are anisometric.
Definition of superposable in US English:
superposable
adjective
See superpose
Example sentencesExamples
Two molecular entities that are superposable or can be made superposable by reflection of one of them in a mirror are isometric; otherwise they are anisometric.
Enantiomorphs belong to a special class of symmetry that is actually closer to a dissymmetry: ‘the mirror image of [the crystal is] not superposable upon the crystal itself.’
Your two hands are not superposable; when your palms face in the same direction, for instance, one thumb will be up, while the other will be down.
Since electrostatic forces are superposable, it follows that electric fields are also superposable.
The easiest way to tell if the mirror image is superimposable or not and superposable is to find the stereochemistry at the stereocenter.