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Starch is made up of a long chain of glucose molecules held together by glycosidic bonds. As you might know already, glucose is basically a bunch of things stuck to a six-member ring. One carbon in the ring is bound to an oxygen which is bound to the carbon of another ring: this is the glycosidic bond. This C-O-C bond, an ether linkage, can be broken through hydrolysis to release the constituent glucoses.
Hydrochloric acid puts H+ in your solution. The lone pairs of the oxygen in the C-O-C bond will attack this H+. Now oxygen is bound to three things; it is unstable. Because acid allows this destabilization to occur, it lets hydrolysis of the bond occur. This is not unique to hydrolysis of starch--other ether can also be cleaved by mineral acids like HCl, HI, or HBr.
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∙ 11y agoThe hydrolysis of starch with an acid is done to reduce sugars. This is usually done in as an experiment in school to show the conversion of starch into a sugar.
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Effect of Hydrochloric acid on starch?
Starch is made up of single glucose molecules and it is a long-chain polysaccharide. Hydrochloric acid turns starch into disaccharides and monomers of glucose.
Does hydrochloric acid have a more dramatic effect on palladium or platinum?
no
What is the effect of hydrochloric acid on the enzyme activity?
Denature enzyme activity
Why the solubility of salicylic acid in water change when hydrochloric acid is added?
Because of the common ion effect.
What will be the effect if you heat the Hydrocloric acid exceeding 66 degree celsius?
When it is headed, hydrochloric acid will cause hydrochloric acid fumes.Ê If the substance is heated, based on metals that corroded to create the acid, an explosion could be caused.
Effect of Hydrochloric acid on starch?
Starch is made up of single glucose molecules and it is a long-chain polysaccharide. Hydrochloric acid turns starch into disaccharides and monomers of glucose.
What is the effect of hydrochloric acid on the saliva starch suspension reaction?
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What do butchers use hydrochloric acid for?
Hydrochloric acid is used in the hydrolyzation of starch and proteins. Many artificial meats use hydrolyzed vegetable proteins as additives to simulate the texture of meat.
What is the effect on solubility of sodium bicarbonate in hydrochloric acid solution?
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Does hydrochloric acid have a more dramatic effect on palladium or platinum?
no
How does temperature effect the break down of food from hydrochloric acid?
Stomach
What is the effect of hydrochloric acid on the enzyme activity?
Denature enzyme activity
What would a butcher want with hydrochloric acid?
They use it for hydrolyzing starch and proteins in the preparation of various food products.
Why is hydrochloric acid more corrosive to aluminum than sulfuric acid?
effect of concentration increase on the inhibition efficiency of organic inhibition on the conosion of aluminium in hydrochloric (Hcl) acid solution.
Why the solubility of salicylic acid in water change when hydrochloric acid is added?
Because of the common ion effect.
What will be the effect if you heat the Hydrocloric acid exceeding 66 degree celsius?
When it is headed, hydrochloric acid will cause hydrochloric acid fumes.Ê If the substance is heated, based on metals that corroded to create the acid, an explosion could be caused.
Is hydrochloric acid an organic acid?
No. Hydrochloric acid is a mineral acid.
