Quantitative assay for starch by colorimetry using a desktop scanner

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 702-704

  Mathews, Kurt R ^a   Landmark, James D ^a   Stickle, Douglas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL LABORATORIES; COLORIMETRY; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; DATA ACQUISITION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IODINE; SCANNING; SOLUTIONS; STARCH;

COLOR ANALYSIS; DESKTOP SCANNER; STARCH STOCK SOLUTION;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 2042468819     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p702     Document Type: Article

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