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Grade 12Physical Chemistry

URine sampleof a diabtic patient is reduces Fehling solution ?

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12 Years agoGrade 12
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11 Years ago
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The urine sample of Diabetic patient consist of glucose; which is a type of reducing sugar. It reduces the fehling’s solution and changes its colour to red (or red precipitate). As the dissolved copper (II) ions are reduced to insoluble copper (I) oxide in fehling’s solution.