Why does sugar dissolve in water?!


Question: Table sugar dissolves in water because when a sucrose molecule breaks from the sugar crystal, it is immediately surrounded by water molecules. The sucrose has hydroxyl groups that have a slight negative charge. The positive charge of the oxygen found in the water molecule binds with the sugar. As the hydration shell forms around the sucrose molecule, the molecule is shielded from other sugar molecules so the sugar crystal does not reform.


Answers: Table sugar dissolves in water because when a sucrose molecule breaks from the sugar crystal, it is immediately surrounded by water molecules. The sucrose has hydroxyl groups that have a slight negative charge. The positive charge of the oxygen found in the water molecule binds with the sugar. As the hydration shell forms around the sucrose molecule, the molecule is shielded from other sugar molecules so the sugar crystal does not reform.

Sugar can be dissolved in water because it is soluble in water. When sugar dissolves in water, water is the solvent.

The molecules of sugar bond with the water molecules. This is because water is a solvent, which are substances that can bond to another kind of subtances easily.

Note: Water is considered the universal solvent, because it is considered to be the strongest substance to dissolve most substances.

im no scientist

so that we can make "kookaid" ;)

in hot yes, heat melts anything, in cold it sinks to bottom the gravity of the granules makes it heavy in water so it lays at the bottom.





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