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What is the indicator for starch?

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Iodine. Iodine forms a complex with the amylose chains, forming a nice bright blue color.

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What color does the indicator turn when starch is present?

Iodine is used to indicate whether starch is present in a solution. If starch IS present, the indicator will turn dark blue/black. Iodine is used to indicate whether starch is present in a solution. If starch IS present, the indicator will turn dark blue/black. FOR WHAT PURPOSE WE USE STARCH-IODINE INDICATOR PAPER


What color occurs when the indicator is added and starch is added?

when starch indicator is added, the solution turns from dark blue-black to colourless.


What will happen if you pour starch indicator solution into the cell and filled the beaker with starch and glucose solution?

The starch indicator solution will diffuse out of the bag (cell) into the beaker, changing the color of the starch solution to a blue, purple, or black color (assuming that it's iodine). The color of the indicator solution inside the bag will not change, because only the glucose can diffuse into the bag, but the starch cannot diffuse into the bag.


How does Lugol's solution work as an indicator?

An indicator is a substance that changes colour in the presence of another substance. Let say inside the beaker are substances of both glucose and starch. The glucose and starch are of same colour. By injecting the lugol's solution into the beaker, the lugol's solution changes colour in the area of where starch is, while no colour changes in the presence of glucose. Thus, by using the Lugol's solution which only acts as indicator for starch and not glucose, we could tell part which area floats around with glucose and starch substances. Lugol's solution works as an indicator because it will stain starches due to iodine's interaction with the coil structure of the polysaccharide.


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.

Related questions

What chemical indicator do you use for starch?

Starch is not the indicator. Iodine is the indicator of starch.


Is starch redox indicator?

Starch is a complexometric indicator.


Why starch is used as indicator in iodometric titration?

Starch is not used in order to do this. This is because starch is able to form a complex along with the iodine and this is the indicator.


What is the role of the indicator?

indicator help us find out find out which molecules diffused and which didn't.... for example: starch indicator indicate starch......and.......glucose indicator indicate glucose.


What color does the indicator turn when starch is present?

Iodine is used to indicate whether starch is present in a solution. If starch IS present, the indicator will turn dark blue/black. Iodine is used to indicate whether starch is present in a solution. If starch IS present, the indicator will turn dark blue/black. FOR WHAT PURPOSE WE USE STARCH-IODINE INDICATOR PAPER


What is iodine an indicator for?

Starch.


What is the role of an indicator in the titration process?

indicator help us find out which molecules diffused and which didn't for ex: starch indicator indicate starch and glucose indicator indicate glucose.


What is the structure of the starch indicator?

mixture......................


What indicator tests for starch?

iodine.


What color occurs when the indicator is added and starch is added?

when starch indicator is added, the solution turns from dark blue-black to colourless.


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


Color of milk after adding iodine?

Starch is not present. Iodine is an indicator for starch.