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iodine test
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The Iodine Test for Starch is used to determine the presence of starch in biological materials. The test can be qualitative or quantitative.
As a Biology Student, you will be testing for the presence of this complex carbohydrate in foods or in leaves as part of a photosynthesis experiment.These are qualitative tests.
If you study chemistry as well, you should pay attention principle of the test, as it helps explain how starch acts as an indicator for Redox Titrations or in the 'Iodine Clock Reaction'. These extensions of the Iodine Test for starch yield qualitative results.
The sole reagent required for the test is bench iodine solution (0.1 M potassium triiodide solution).
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