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Adultration in sugar
AIM: To Detect The Presence of Adultration in Sugar.
REQUIREMENTS: Test tubes, Dil. HCl.
PROCEDURE: sugar is usually contaminated with
washing soda and other insoluble substance which are
detected as follows:
EXPERIMENT 3
Adultrations in chilli powder
AIM: To detect the presence of adultration in sample of
chilli.
REQUIREMENTS: Test tube ,dil. HNO3,KI solution.
PROCEDURE: common adultrants present in chilli
powder are red coloured lead salts,brick powder . they
are detected as follows.
Adultration of red lead salts in chilli powder .
To a sample of chilli powder ,add dil HNO3. Filter the
solution and add 2 drops of KI solution to the filtrate.
Yellow ppt. indicates the presence of lead salts in chilli
powder .
Adultration of brick powder in red chilli
powder.
Add small amount of red chilli powder in a beaker
Containing water. Brick powder settles at the bottom
while the pure chilli floates on the water.
Adultration of oil soluble coal tar colour in
red chilli powder.
Take 2 gms of samples in a test tube, add few ml of
solvent ether and shake .decant ether layer into a test
tube containing 2ml of dil. HCl. Shake it ,the lower acid
layer will be coloured distinctly pink to red indicating
presence of oil soluble colour.
EXPERIMENT 4
ADULTRATION IN TURMERIC
POWDER
AIM: To detect the presence of adultration in samples of
turmeric powder.
REQURIREMENTS: test tube, conc. HCl.
PROCEDURE: common adultrants present in turmeric
powder are Yellow lead salts, chalk powder. They are
detected as follows.