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Q: Iodine turns what colour when its positive for starch?
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What happens when iodine is added to starch and distilled water?

As you know that iodine act as indicator for testing of starch so when a drop of iodine is added to starch it turns bluish black but when added to distilled water nothing happens except the colour of water which turns brown and its is the colour of iodine.


What colour does iodine solution turn when starch is presant?

It turns a dark purple/blue colour


What does iodine do to popcorn?

It turns the iodine colour from brown to blue-black? This is because popcorn contains starch.


What happens when iodine is added to a starch solution?

When iodine is added to starch it turns a blackish color due to a chemical reaction.


Why does Iodine test gives blue color with starch but red with glycogen?

Iodine forms colour complexes with polysaccharides. The colour of the complex depends of the 3d structure of the polysaccharide. Starch is a coiled structure, which turns blue when bound to IKI (iodine solution), whereas glycogen, which is a branched molecule, turns red/brown.


If stained with iodine what color will a banana turn?

BlackAns2:It is very unlikely that a ripe banana will have enough starch to turn iodine black. When iodine turns black, it is a positive test for the presence of starch.


Is there a method for detecting starch without using iodine?

if you put iodine in food and it contains starch it should change color.


What happens when you iodine to starch?

The starch turns indigo.


Why does the leaf change colour with iodine?

It turns black because starch is present because its making it because of photsynthesis


What is the reason paper turns black when iodine touches it?

When iodine touches starch it turns black. The paper may contain starch.


What is the chemical indicator for starch and what color does starch turn in its presence?

the chemical indicator used is iodine and starch turns in dark blue colour ARE U HAPPIEE WID MA ANSWER ? THANKU


What is the chermical you test for starch?

Starch has high affinity for Iodine and in presence of iodine crystals starch turns blue from being colourless. This the fundamental that is used for chemically identifying the starch.