Fehling's solution

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Etymology[edit]

From Hermann von Fehling, German chemist.

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

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

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