what is the chemical reaction of kumkum?

Answer 1

The traditional Kumkum or Kungumam, as it is called in Tamil Nadu, is made from dried turmeric. The turmeric is dried and powdered with a bit of slaked lime, which turns the rich yellow powder into red color.

The turmeric powder by itself has a lot of medicinal qualities. The Ayurvedic doctors say it has fluoride which is essential for teeth. It is also used as antibacterial agent. Whenever there is a cut or a bruise, the home remedy is to reach for turmeric powder. The young girls and married women of Tamil Nadu use it for bathing purposes as there is a claim that its usage controls the growth of body hair.

The kungumam, which is made from the turmeric powder is an auspicious symbol. When a girl or a married woman visits a house, it is a sign of respect (in case of an elderly lady) or blessings (in case of a young girl) to offer kumkum to them when they leave. However, it is not offered to widows.

Answer 2

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The traditional Kumkum or Kungumam, as it is called in Tamil Nadu, is made from dried turmeric. The turmeric is dried and powdered with a bit of slaked lime, which turns the rich yellow powder into red color.

The turmeric powder by itself has a lot of medicinal qualities. The Ayurvedic doctors say it has fluoride which is essential for teeth. It is also used as antibacterial agent. Whenever there is a cut or a bruise, the home remedy is to reach for turmeric powder. The young girls and married women of Tamil Nadu use it for bathing purposes as there is a claim that its usage controls the growth of body hair.

The kungumam, which is made from the turmeric powder is an auspicious symbol. When a girl or a married woman visits a house, it is a sign of respect (in case of an elderly lady) or blessings (in case of a young girl) to offer kumkum to them when they leave. However, it is not offered to widows.

Kumkum is also widely used for worshipping the Hindu goddesses, especially Shakti and Lakshmi.

Answer 3

The traditional Kumkum or Kungumam, as it is called in Tamil Nadu, is made from dried turmeric. The turmeric is dried and powdered with a bit of slaked lime, which turns the rich yellow powder into red color


The kungumam, which is made from the turmeric powder is an auspicious symbol. When a girl or a married woman visits a house, it is a sign of respect (in case of an elderly lady) or blessings (in case of a young girl) to offer kumkum to them when they leave. However, it is not offered to widows

Answer 4

What Is Kumkum Made Of

Answer 5

KumKum + Sumit = Kumkum "1pyara sa bandhan"

Answer 6

KumKum or Sindoor is a red powder used by married Hindu women. During the marriage ceremony, the groom applies sindoor to the parting of the bride's hair to show that she is now a married woman. Subsequent sindoor is applied by the wife as part of her dressing routine. Once widowed, a woman is not supposed to wear sindoor.

Most women purchase commercial sindoor powder. A traditional component is powdered red lead. Alum and turmeric are sometimes ingredients.

Sindoor worn in the parting of the hair must be distinguished from the bindi many Hindu women wear on their forehead, between the eyes. Often the bindi is applied with the same sindoor powder as used in the hair; Hindi speakers may call the bindi a "sindoor" in colloquial speech. Conceptually, however, the mark in the hair (a sign of marriage) and the mark on the forehead are quite distinct.

Red lead, also called minium, lead tetroxide or triplumbic tetroxide, is a bright red or orange crystalline or amorphous pigment. Its Latin name minium originates from the Minius River in northwest Spain where it was first mined.

The melting point of lead tetroxide is 500 °C, at which it decomposes to lead(II) oxide and oxygen.

Chemically red lead is lead tetroxide, Pb3O4, or 2PbO.PbO2. It is used in the manufacture of batteries, lead glass and rust-proof paint.

Red lead is virtually insoluble in water. However, it is soluble in hydrochloric acid present in stomach, therefore it is toxic when ingested. It is also insoluble in alcohol. It dissolves in hydrochloric acid, glacial acetic acid, and diluted mixture of nitric acid and hydrogen peroxide.

Preparation
Lead tetroxide is prepared by calcination of lead(II) oxide in air at about 450 to 480 °C:

6 PbO + O2 → 2 Pb3O4
The resulting material is contaminated with lead(II) oxide. If a pure compound is desired, PbO can be removed by a potassium hydroxide solution:

Another method of preparation relies on annealing of lead carbonate (cerussite) in air:

6 PbCO3 + O2 → 2 Pb3O4 + 6 CO2
Yet another method is oxidative annealing of lead white:

3 Pb2CO3(OH)2 + O2 → 2 Pb3O4 + 3 CO2 + 3 H2O
In solution, lead tetroxide can be prepared eg. by reaction of potassium plumbate with lead acetate:

K2PbO3 + 2 Pb(OCOCH3)2 + H2O → Pb3O4 + 2 KOCOCH3 + 2 CH3COOH
yielding yellow insoluble lead tetroxide monohydrate, Pb3O4.H2O, which can be turned into the anhydrous form by gentle heating.

Answer 7

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