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Insecticide Detection in Fruits & Vegetables by Parv Agarwal is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document is a chemistry investigatory project completed by Parv Agarwal, a 12th grade student, under the guidance of their teacher Manju Mam. The project studied the presence of insecticides or pesticides containing nitrogen in various fruits and vegetables. Samples of fruits and vegetables were crushed and extracted with alcohol. The extracts were tested for the presence of nitrogen using sodium fusion followed by reactions with ferrous sulfate and ferric chloride that produced color changes indicatin
- Author
- Parv Agarwal
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- EN