Question

Outline a suitable laboratory procedure for obtaining ethanol from cassava tuber's

Answer 1

Explanation:

The steps involved in the production were: Gelatinization (50 kg cassava starch was stirred in 200 ml water at 80 °C until smooth gel was formed); Liquefaction (4 ml of ɑ-amylase was added to gelatinized starch at 80 °C and incubated for 60 min); Saccharification (4 ml of aqueous solution of amylo-glucosidase was added ...