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Is a sugar a compound or mixture?

Updated: 9/23/2023
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Sugar is ........ A Compound
There are many types of sugars. The one you are probably making reference to is glucose, which is a compound and has the molecular formula of C6H12O6.

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It's a compound. Sugar is part of a large class of carbohydrates, known as saccharides, made up of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.

Everyday Sugar is sucrose (C12H22O11). Other examples of simple and complex sugars include: glucose (which is also the term for "blood sugar"), fructose ("fruit sugar"), galactose, lactose ("milk sugar"), etc.

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Table sugar (sucrose - C12H22O11) is a compound. Sugar is considered a compound. The elements carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen are bonded chemically together to form table sugar, or sucrose.

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