Benedict's Solution Definition

bĕnĭ-dĭkts
noun
A solution of sodium citrate, sodium carbonate, and copper sulfate that changes from blue to yellow or red in the presence of reducing sugars, such as glucose.
American Heritage Medicine

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

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Origin of Benedict's Solution

  • After Stanley Rossiter Benedict (1884–1936), American chemist

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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