whhat is the chemical composition of fehling's reagent?

Answer Posted / fisa

The test was devised by German chemist Herman von Fehling.
Fehling's reagent consists of two solutions.


Fehling A and Fehling B .Fehling A contains CUSO4.5 H20 and
Fehling B contains alcoholic sodium / potassium tartarate.

When the two solutions are mixed in equal amounts a clear
blue solution results for the tartrate forms a soluble
complex with the copperhydroxide produced.this solution is
widely used as an oxidising agent preferably in
quantitative sugar determinations.

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