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ANALYSIS OF HONEY
NAME:
ANKUR GIRI
ROLL NO: 1
CLASS:
XII
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
As a student of a class XII, I did this
investigatory project as a part of my
studies entitled To analyze the
INDEX
1 INTRODUCTION
2 AIM
3 THEORY
4 EXPERIMENT
5 OBSERVATION
6 RESULT
7 CONCLUSION
INTRODUCTION
Honey is a sweet food made by bees using nectar from
flowers.
The variety produced by honey bees (the genus Apis) id
the one most commonly referred to, as it is the type of
honey collected by most beekeeper and consumed by
people. Honeys produced by other bees (bumblebees,
stingless bees) and other hymenoptera insects (e.g.
honey wasps) have different properties, and discussed
only briefly in this article.
AIM -:
To analyze the
available honey of
different minerals and
carbohydrates
Theory
Honey thick sweet super saturated sugar
solution manufactured by bees to feed their
larvae and for the subsistence during winter.
Bee honey is composed of fructose, glucose and
water in varying proportions. It also contains
serval enzymes and oil. The color and flavor
depends on the age of the homey and he
sources of the nectar.
EXPERIMENT
ANALYSIS OF HONEY
REQIREMENTS
Apparatus:
Test tubes, Test tube stand, Burner, Water Bath.
Chemicals:
Fehling solution A, Fehling solution B,
Ammonium chloride solution, Ammonium
phosphate, Concentrated Nitric acid and phenol.
Procedure
TEST FOR MINERALS
1. Test for Potassium:Take 2ml of honey in a test tube and picric acid
solution is added. Yellow precipitate indicates
the presence of K+.
2. Test for Magnesium:Take 2ml of honey in a test tube and add NH4CL
solution is added to it and then excess of
ammonium phosphate solution is added. The
side of the test tube is scratched with glass rod.
White precipitate indicates the presence of Mg2+
ions.
OBSERVATION TABLE
Substance Taken: HONEY
Sr.
TESTS
OBSERVATI INFERENC
NO
ON
E
1.
Test for
Potassium:Yellow ppt. Potassium
is observed
is
Honey + Picric
present.
acid
Solution
2.
Test for
Magnesium:White ppt. Magnesiu
is not
m is
Honey +
observed
absent.
NH4OH(till
solution
becomes
alkaline) +
(NH4)3 PO4
3.
Fehlings test:-
4.
Honey + 1ml
each of Fehlings
solution A and
Fehlings
solution B
Tollens test:Honey + 2-3mL
Tollens reagent,
test tube in
water bath for
10 minutes
Red ppt. is
observed
Reducing
sugar is
present.
Shining
silver is
observed
Reducing
carbohydr
ate is
present
RESULTS
Potassium is present.
Magnesium is absent.
Honey contains reducing sugar.
Honey contains reducing carbohydrates.
CONCLUSIONS
Honey is composed of sugar (about 76%), water
(18%) and other ingredients that make up about
6%. Sugar gives the main characteristics of
REFRENCE:
NCERT Chemistry textbook-part2
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