Name: Bittu Kumar Class: XII A Roll No. : 23 CBSE Roll No.

: Kendriya Vidyalaya Sector 24 Noida

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EXPERIMENT Adulteration of paraffin wax and hydrocarbon in vegetable ghee. Adulteration dyes in fat. of

PROCEDURE Heat small amount of vegetable ghee with acetic anhydride Droplets of oil floating on the surface of unused acetic anhydride indicate the presence of wax or hydrocarbon. Heat 1mL of fat with a mixture of 1mL of conc. H2SO4 and 4mL of acetic acid. To small amount of oil in a test tube, add few drops of conc. HNO3 & shake. Take small amount of sugar in a test tube and shake it with little water.

OBSERVATION Appearance of oil floating on the surface.

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Appearance of pink colour. No Red observed. colour

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Adulteration of Argemone oil in edible oils. Adulteration of various insoluble substances in sugar. Adulteration of chalk powder, washing soda in sugar. Adulteration of yellow lead salts to turmeric powder. Adulteration of red lead salts in chili powder.

Pure sugar dissolves in water but insoluble impurities do not dissolve. To small amount of sugar No brisk in a test tube, add a few effervescence drops of dil. HCl observed. To sample of turmeric Appearance powder, add conc. HCl. magenta colour. of

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To a sample of chili No yellow ppt. powder, add dil. HNO3 Filter the solution and add 2 drops of KI solution to the filtrate. Adulteration of Add small amount of Brick powder settles brick powder in given red chili powder in a at the bottom while

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pure chili powder floats over water Adulteration of Add small amount of Dried papaya seeds dried papaya sample of pepper to being lighter float seeds in pepper. beaker containing water over water while pure and stir with a glass rod. pepper settles at the bottom.

beaker containing water.

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