Iodine–starch test
Method to detect presence of polysaccharides / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The iodine–starch test is a chemical reaction that is used to test for the presence of starch or for iodine. The combination of starch and iodine is intensely blue-black.[1][2]
The interaction between starch and the triiodide anion (I−
3) is the basis for iodometry.
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