{"id":131842,"date":"2023-03-31T12:17:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T06:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=131842"},"modified":"2023-03-31T12:17:42","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T06:47:42","slug":"iit-madras-researchers-develop-a-device-to-detect-milk-adulteration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/iit-madras-researchers-develop-a-device-to-detect-milk-adulteration\/","title":{"rendered":"IIT Madras Researchers develop a device to detect milk adulteration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>IIT Madras Researchers develop a device to detect milk adulteration: <\/strong>Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) Researchers have developed a three-dimensional (3D) paper-based portable device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This device can&nbsp;detect adulteration in milk within 30 seconds. The test could be even performed at home. It can detect multiple substances&nbsp;commonly used as adulterating agents&nbsp;including Urea, detergents, soap, starch, hydrogen peroxide, sodium-hydrogen-carbonate, and salt, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/category\/daily-quiz\/daily-quiz-march-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">March 2023 Current Affairs Quiz<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>IIT Madras: Pocket-friendly device to detect adulteration in milk:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dr. Pallab Sinha Mahapatra, an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Madras, along with Research Scholars Mr. Subhashis Patari and Dr. Priyankan Datta, led this research.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The 3D paper-based microfluidic device comprises a middle layer with a sandwich structure, a top cover, and a bottom cover.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This 3D design facilitates the consistent transportation of denser liquids at a steady pace.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To prepare the device, the paper is treated with reagents and allowed to dry.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once dry, both paper layers are attached to both sides of the support, and the covers are then affixed using double-sided tape.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The design employs Whatman filter paper grade 4, which enables the flow of liquid and can store more reagents.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IIT Madras Researchers develop a device to detect milk adulteration: Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) Researchers have developed a three-dimensional (3D) paper-based portable device. This device can&nbsp;detect adulteration in milk within 30 seconds. The test could be even performed at home. It can detect multiple substances&nbsp;commonly used as adulterating agents&nbsp;including Urea, detergents, soap, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":894,"featured_media":131843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5004],"tags":[1572],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-131842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-march-2023","tag-iit-madras-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131842"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131842\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131844,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131842\/revisions\/131844"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131842"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=131842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}