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CHEMISTRY
INVESTIGATORY PROJECT
Mast. ABHIJEET S
AIM: TELI
TO STUDY
CLASS : 12TH
ROLL NO.: 01
ADULTERANTS IN
FOOD STUFF Guided By:
Mr.A. KAMBLE SIR
(P.G.T.CHEMISTRY
JAWAHAR NAVODAYA VIDYALAYA
KAGAL, KOLHAPUR (MS)
CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that this project titled TO STUDY
ADULTERANTS IN FOOD STUFF has been
successfully completed by
Mast. ABHIJEET S TELI
As a course of
Chemistry Investigatory Project
In the Biology subject of this school in the year 2017-2018.
DATE-
Sign of principal
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
APPARATUS:
Test-tube, Test tube holder, a pair of tongs, food stuff
CHEMICALS-
acetic anhydride, concentrated sulphuric acid, acetic acid,
concentrated HNO3, given food samples, dilute sulphuric acid
INDEX:
AIM:
To detect the presence of adulterants in sugar.
APPARATUS REQUIRED:
Test-tubes, Dilute HCl, Sugar Sample
PROCEDURE:
Sugar is usually contaminated with washing soda and other
insoluble substances which are detected as follows:
1) Adulteration of various insoluble substances in sugar
Take small amount of sugar in a test-tube and shake it
with little water. Pure sugar dissolves in water but
insoluble impurities do not dissolve.
2) Adulteration of chalk powder, washing soda in sugar. To
small amount of sugar in a test-tube, add few drops of
HCl. Brisk effervescence of CO2 shows the presence of
chalk powder or washing soda in the given sample of
sugar.
EXPERIMENT NO. 3
AIM:
To detect the presence of adulterants in samples of chilli
powder, turmeric powder and pepper
APPARATUS REQUIRED:
Test-tubes, conc. HCl, dil. HNO3, KI solution.
PROCEDURE:
Common adulterants present in chilli powder, turmeric powder
and pepper are red coloured lead salts, yellow lead salts and
dried papaya seeds respectively. They are detected as follows:
1) Adulteration of red lead salts in chilli powder To a sample
of chilli powder, add dil. HNO3. Filter the dil. solution and
add 2 drops of potassium iodide solution to the filtrate.
Yellow ppt. indicates the presence of lead salts in chilli
2) Adulteration of yellow lead salts to turmeric powder To a
sample of turmeric powder add conc. HCl. Appearance of
magenta colour shows the presence of yellow oxides of
lead in turmeric powder.
3) Adulteration of brick powder in red chilli powder. Add
small amount of given red chilli powder in beaker
containing water. Brick powder settles at the bottom while
pure chilli powder floats over water.
4) Adulteration of dried papaya seeds in pepper Add small
amount of sample of pepper to a beaker containing water
and stir with a glass rod. Dried papaya seeds being lighter
float over water while pure pepper settles at the bottom.
CONCLUSION:
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EXPT.
EXPERIMENT PROCEDURE OBSERVATION
NO
Heat small amount of
vegetable ghee with
acetic anhydride.
Droplets of oil
floating on the
1. Adulteration of
surface of unused Appearance of oil
paraffin wax and
acetic anhydride floating on the
hydrocarbon in
indicate the presence surface.
vegetable ghee.
of wax or
hydrocarbon.
Heat 1mL of fat with
a mixture of 1mL of
2. Adulteration of dyes Appearance of
conc. H2SO4 and
in fat pink colour.
4mL of acetic acid.
To small amount of
Adulteration of
3. oil in a test tube, add No red colour
Argemone oil in
few drops of conc. observed
edible oils
HNO3 & shake.
Pure sugar
Take small amount of
Adulteration of dissolves in water
sugar in a test tube
various insoluble but insoluble
4. and shake it with
substances in sugar impurities do not
little water.
dissolve.
Adulteration of To sample of
5. yellow lead salts to turmeric powder, add Appearance of
turmeric powder conc. HCl. magenta colour
To a sample of chilli
powder, add dil.
Adulteration of red
HNO3. Filter the
6. lead salts in chilli No yellow
solution and add 2
powder. precipitate.
drops of KI solution
to the filtrate.
Adulteration of Brick powder
Add small amount of
brick powder in settles at the
given red chilli
7. chilli powder bottom while pure
powder in a beaker
chilli powder
containing water
floats over water.
Dried papaya
Add small amount of
seeds being lighter
Adulteration of sample of pepper to
float over water
8. dried papaya seeds beaker containing
while pure pepper
in pepper water and stir with a
settles at the
glass rod.
bottom.
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