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The similarities are less fundamental than the differences, and I will briefly note them: sugar and salt have very similar appearances, both normally are white granular substances as sold in grocery stores, both are edible, and both are used as flavoring agents, both are water soluble. However, in terms of their chemistry and composition, they are utterly different. They have no chemical elements in common, sugar being composed of carbon, hyrogen, and oxygen, and table salt being composed of sodium and chlorine. Sugar is an organic compound and salt is inorganic. Sugar can be burned and salt can't. Salt in water is corrosive to metal; sugar isn't. Etc.
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How are table table sugar and salt different?
well one is sugar and one is salt...
What is the difference between sugar and salt?
Salt and sugar have different chemical appearences and shapes. Their taste is also different!
How is salt and sugar dissolving process is different?
Salt is dissociated in ions in the solution; sugar is not dissociated.
Why is sugar and salt a mixture?
Because two different compounds (salt and sugar) are mixed together.
Do salt and sugar make cocaine?
No. Salt and sugar are combined all the time in cooking, and no cocaine is formed. In addition to have a different structure from sugar and salt, Cocaine contains nitrogen, which is not found in salt or sugar. Cocaine is derived from the coca plant, and has nothing to do with salt and sugar.
Is salt sucrose?
No. Sucrose is sugar. Salt and sugar may look similar but, as their taste indicates, they are quite different.
Why do pure salt sugar and quartz all have different shapes?
The atoms of the salt. sugar, and quartz molecules bond together into different crystalline structures that result in their different natural shapes.
Is an ionic compound salt or sugar?
An ionic compound can be either salt or sugar. Table salt (sodium chloride) is a common example of an ionic compound that is a salt, while table sugar (sucrose) is a covalent compound. Both salt and sugar can consist of ions, but they have different chemical compositions and structures.
Does salt turn into sugar in the body?
No, salt does not turn into sugar in the body. They are two different compounds with different chemical structures and functions in the body. Salt is primarily composed of sodium and chloride ions, while sugar is a carbohydrate that provides energy when broken down by the body.
Do sugar or salt water freeze first?
The water that will freeze first is none because because sugar and salt are the same.They only have different taste.
How can you tell the difference between salt or sugar?
One is sweet and the other is salty. Other than that, white granulated sugar actually looks different from salt. If you ever look carefully at the two, it's noticeable that one is more fine than the other. I think that if you taste both of them, salt has a salty taste then sugar and sugar has a sweeter factor than salt. If you have a good sight of eyes then sugar is a little lighter than salt, or if you have a microscope then check what it looks like. Sometimes, the salt is different colour from suger(like brown sugar). Sugar also attracts insects, but salt wouldn't attract insects.
Can salt and sugar separate?
Yes, but it will take a different solvent than water or a chemical reaction that causes either the sugar or salt to undergo a chemical change.
