page_title: Iodine-starch test
hierarchical_section_title: Iodine-starch test
context_page_description: The iodine-starch test is a chemical reaction that used to test for the presence of starch or for iodine. The combination of starch and iodine is intensely "blue-black".
  The interaction between starch and triiodide is the basis for iodometry.
context_section_description: The iodine-starch test is a chemical reaction that used to test for the presence of starch or for iodine. The combination of starch and iodine is intensely "blue-black".
  The interaction between starch and triiodide is the basis for iodometry.
caption: Schematic view of I3− ions embedded in amylose helix