Fehling's solution

Fehling's solution

English

Etymology

From Hermann von Fehling, German chemist.

Noun

Fehling's solution (countable and uncountable, plural Fehling's solutions)

1. (chemistry) An alkaline solution of copper sulphate which changes from blue to red in the presence of an aldehyde or a reducing sugar.

Translations

an alkaline solution

Finnish: Fehlingin liuos Turkish: Fehling çözeltisi

See also

• Benedict's reagent
• Fehling's solution on Wikipedia.Wikipedia