Nonreducing sugar

Selected clay stabilizers are shown in Table 1-10. Thermal-treated carbohydrates are suitable as shale stabilizers [1609-1611]. They may be formed by heating an alkaline solution of the carbohydrate, and the browning reaction product may be reacted with a cationic base. The inversion of nonreducing sugars may be first effected on selected carbohydrates, with the inversion catalyzing the browning reaction. 

Distinguish reducing sugars from nonreducing sugars using a color test. 

Observing and Inferring Which of the solutions that you tested contained reducing sugars and which contained nonreducing sugars ... 

Comparing and Contrasting What observed differences were found between those sugars that are reducing and those that are nonreducing ... 

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