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If it's okay with you I'll get on this crowded bandwagon and get a copy too, please!
Thanks,
Dawn

email: read.dawn.e@edumail.vic.gov.au

According to SB, clarase is ok as long as you are only testing for the breakdown of starch as clarase has some reducing sugars in it. If you are also doing the benedicts solution test for sugar production in the breakdown then you need diastase which doesn't have the reducing sugars added as otherwi...

Yes, we had some problems too, but that was more because the prac was very vague with no concentrations mentioned. Once I sorted that out, it seemd to work okay, although we used a bread and water solution rather than a known concentration for a starch solution. I think next year we will have to loo...