Clinitest Tablet is Added to Glucose

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Clinitest Tablet is Added to Glucose

A Clinitest tablet (anhydrous Benedict's reagent) is added to a solution of glucose producing a precipitate of brick-red Cu₂O.


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Clinitest tablets are anhydrous Benedict's reagent. When a tablet is added to a solution of glucose, a brick-red precipitate of copper (I) oxide is produced. Clinitest tablets are sold to monitor the levels of glucose in the urine of diabetics.

Design, Text and Demonstrator:
	Gary Trammell	University of Illinois at Springfield, Springfield, IL 62794

Videographer/Editor:
	Steve Dykema	University of Illinois at Springfield, Springfield, IL 62794

Voice:
	Margaret Biddle	University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI 53706

Audio Production:
	Greg Minix	University of Wisconsin - Madison, College of Engineering, Madison, WI 53706
	Jerrold J. Jacobsen	University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI 53706