BENEDICT'S SOLUTION


Meaning of BENEDICT'S SOLUTION in English

noun

Usage: usually capitalized B

Etymology: after Stanley Rossiter Benedict died 1936 American chemist

: a blue solution containing sodium carbonate, sodium citrate, and cupric sulfate which yields a red, yellow, or orange precipitate upon warming with a reducing sugar (as glucose or maltose)

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