Principle
Liquorice has a sharp taste, because it contains ammonium chloride. Ammonia can be detected with sodium hydroxide solution, chloride with silver nitrate. It can be shown by the example ammonia and ammonium salts, that substances can be used for very different purposes, according to their concentration.

 

What you can learn about



Verification procedures for ammonia in foods 



 

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Experiment is part of a complete solution set with experiments for the topic Food Chemistry matched with international curriculum: all topics are covered