starch detection
nounUK /stɑːtʃ dɪˈtɛkʃən/
US /stɑrtʃ dɪˈtɛkʃən/
Starch detection is a way to find out if a food or thing has starch in it.
In science class, we used iodine for starch detection on a piece of bread.
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2. A lab method that uses iodine to turn blue-black when starch is present.
The starch detection turned the potato slice dark blue.
3. The process of checking whether a sample contains starch for quality control.
The factory uses starch detection to make sure its flour is pure.
4. A school experiment that shows how plants store food as starch.
Our starch detection experiment proved that leaves make starch in sunlight.