the guy Posted November 30, 2009 Posted November 30, 2009 when you do the classic experiment adding sufuric acid to sugar and you get a black mass of carbon and water, what happens to the sulfur in the acid?
Fuzzwood Posted November 30, 2009 Posted November 30, 2009 Why would anything happen to that? If you expected a redox reaction to take place, you are somewhat mistaken. The only thing that happens is that water is figuratively sucked out of the sugar.
the guy Posted November 30, 2009 Author Posted November 30, 2009 so it remains as sulfuric acid then? Merged post follows: Consecutive posts mergedwhy does it do that?
Mr Skeptic Posted December 3, 2009 Posted December 3, 2009 Concentrated sulfuric acid is amazingly hygroscopic.
dttom Posted December 5, 2009 Posted December 5, 2009 True that it's hygroscopic; but it should also be dehydrating to draw water out from carbohydrates.
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