Now you can test whether there is mercury in sugar using this home test.It’s an important test because the presence of sugar with mercury in Kenya is worrying.
Here is the simplest way of detecting mercury in sugar at home:
Since you don’t have test tubes, you may use a transparent glass.
Dissolve a sample of sugar (teaspoonful) in a quarter glassful of clean water (if you can get distilled water the better)
Prepare a separate solution of sodium chloride (a spoonful of common salt and quarter glass of water).Soduum Chloride ni ile chumvi ya kawaida.
Add a few drops of the salt solution to the sugar solution..
Observation : if Hg²+ ions are present, the sugar solution will form a white precipitate (or become turbid or milky)
Copper (II) ions in sugar can be tested using wood ash solution where if present, a blue precipitate will be formed.
