English Explanatory Dictionary

Benedict's solution

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A solution of sodium citrate, sodium carbonate and copper sulfate whose colour changes from blue to yellow or red in the presence of reducing sugars such as glucose.

Word forms

Benedict's solution

Etymology

After an American chemist, Stanley Rossiter Benedict.

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