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Starch.
It turns blue-black if starch is present.
It turns a dark purple/black.
The starch turns indigo.
When iodine touches starch it turns black. The paper may contain starch.
Starch is present. Check a potato with iodine.
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.
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Starch.
It turns blue-black if starch is present.
It turns a dark purple/black.
You can test for starch in general using the chemical iodine test. If starch is present, a solution of iodine (I2) turns blue-black.
when iodine is added to a substance it turns dark blue when starch is present, and remains brown when starch is not present. This is basically because iodine forms a polypeptide complex with starch, resulting in the dark blue solution.
The reagent that is used to test for starch is a mixture of iodine and potassium iodide in water, or an Iodine - KI reagent. If the reagent turns blue-black in color, then starch is present.
The starch turns indigo.
When iodine touches starch it turns black. The paper may contain starch.