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If you add iodine to starch the start will turn to a dark color blue/blk because of the enzyne Amylase (in starch), so if it is non starch there will not be a reaction and it will be clear.

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Describe how to carry out simple controlled experiments to illustrate how enzyme activity can be affected by changes in temperature?

· Add 2cm^3 of amylase to a test tube · Add 2cm^3 of starch · Add a few drops of iodine · Place test tube into water bath at a certain temperature · Observe colour changes every 2 minutes · Record time taken for iodine to change back to yellow · Repeat the experiment at different temperatures


What will happen when you add strong iodine solution to chloroform?

organic solvent layer is violet


What test would you perform to find out if food sample contains starch?

Although this may seem annoyingly obvious, it is called the starch test: add several drops of iodine solution to a sample, and any starch present will cause a dark blue/purple/black coolour to form.


How can you separate a mixture of iodine ammonium chloride and sand?

Add sufficient water to dissolve the ammonium chloride. Neither the iodine nor the sand will dissolve.Filter out the solids.Evaporate the ammonium chloride from the solution.Heat the solids gently in a retort to sublimate the iodine and recover it.


Is iodine and water heterogeneous mixture?

Iodine is much more soluble in ethanol than in water, so it will usually form a homogeneous mixture. Of course, if you add more solid iodine than will dissolve in your quantity of ethanol at the temperature at which you are working, the excess solid will sink to the bottom. In that case, you have a heterogeneous mixture.

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What happens when you add hydrogen to iodine?

You get Mikey.


What happens when add iodine on saltine cracker?

Before you know what happens when add iodine on saltine or soda cracker you need to do this step Materials Iodine Solution Saltine or Soda Cracker Test tube Saucer Medicine dropper Procedure 1. Grind the Saltine or Soda Cracker in saucer 2. Using the medicine dropper, add at least 3-4 drops of iodine solution 3. Observe any change of color It change color into dark blue.


What happens when you add iodine to water?

Nothing special happens and no reaction occurs. Iodine is hardly soluble in water.


What happens when you add iodine crystal and chloroform?

iodine is soluble in CHCl3. Liquid become purple in color.


What happens when bromine is added to water?

nothing happens but you can add iodine then it will change coulur


What happens if you forget to add starch before putting the iodine in a beverage?

you will die


What happens if you add iodine to potato?

the color of the potato will become dark blue


What happens when you add iodine with water?

the colour becomes brown. there is no chemical reaction


What happens if you add iodine 2 potato what do you observe?

The potato will turn blue, purple, or black as the iodine reacts to the starch in the potato.


What happens if you add iodine to calcium carbonate?

calcium iodide will be formed and also carbon dioxide


What is the food test for starch?

It is simply called the Starch test which is the process of testing something for the presence of starch. Add Iodine solution to whatever is it you're testing and a dark blue/black color indicates the presence of starch


What can you mix with iodine crystals to make it combust into a cloud of reddish smoke?

You can add the iodine crystals to Ammonium hydroxide to form a paste that will explode into reddish smoke when aggrivated. I read somewhere that a few drops of Turpentine will produce a similar result.