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CHEMistry
CHEMICALS REQUIRED:
1. pH INDICATOR
2. IODINE SOLUTION
3. FEHLING SOLUTION (A AND B)
4. AMMONIUM CHLORIDE SOLUTION
5. AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE SOLUTION
6. AMMONIUM OXALATE SOLUTION
7. POTASSIUM SULPHOCYANIDE SOLUTION
DIFFERENT TESTS PERFORMED:
1. TEST FOR ACIDITY
2. TEST FOR STARCH
3. TEST FOR CARBOHYDRATES
4. TEST FOR IRON
5. TEST FOR CALCIUM
TEST FOR ACIDITY:
What is a pH?
This stands for “Potential or power of H+ ion”. It is
the measurement of acidity or basicity of an aqueous
solution.
Mathematically, pH is the negative logarithm of the
activity of the hydronium ion, more often expressed
as the measure of hydronium ion concentration.
Acidic solutions have a lower Ph while the basic
solutions have a higher one.
pH INDICATORS
A pH indicator is a chemical compound that is added in
small amounts to a solution
so that the pH of the solution
can be determined visually.
Normally, the indicator
causes the colour of the
solution to change depending
on the pH. Indicators can also
show change in other
physical properties, fo e.g.
olfactory indicators show
change in the smell.
Some pH indicators are:
Phenophthaline, methyl
orange, litmus paper, pH
paper etc.
BRANCHED AMYLOPECTIN
OBSERVATIONS FOR STARCH