Question

What happens to the sugar when it dissolves in water? Where does the sugar go? What information do you get about the nature of matter from the dissolution of sugar in water?

Answer 1

(a) When sugar dissolves in water, its tiny particles break off from the solid sugar crystals.

(b) the sugar particles go into the spaces between the particles of water and mix with them (to form sugar solution).

(c) The dissolution of sugar in water tells us that:

i) The matter (here sugar and water) is made up of small particles.

ii) The particles of matter (here water) have spaces between them