muha ) wrote:

>You can do hydrolysis of starch by heating it with diluted sulfuric
>acid. To get the acid out, you neutralise with powdered CaCO3 and
>filter.

How does this exactly work, like how hot, what concentration sulfuric
acid, etc.? And can one get sulfuric acid, CaCO3 (calcium carbonate?)
that one would be OK with eating the end product? (no carcinogenic
contaminants etc.?

Laura