Table sugar is made of sucrose (C12H22O11) crystals. However, scientifically the word "sugar" is used for any mono- or di-saccharide. Sugar added in food is called sucrose. Sugar naturally found in...
The word 'sugar' is used by biologists to cover a range of molecules but the main 3 are Sucrose, Maltose and Lactose. These molecules are dimers (made up of pairs of smaller molecules); Sucrose is...
Yes it does. Sugar has atoms of Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen in its molecules. The commonest for of sugar (Glucose) has the chemical formula C6H12O6 - See related link fro more information.
When crystallized sugar is put into water, the H2O molecules separate the sugar molecules from each other. This happens because both H2O and sugar molecules are polar. The polarity causes the much...