How can we differentiate powdered salt and powdered sugar without tasting it ?

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Only by chemical test. Prepare the salt solution and sugar solution using deionised water and add silver nitrate solution. Powdered salt gives white precipitate with silver nitrate solution and sugar does not give.

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