In a chemical reaction it is likely that a single cube will react more quickly than an equal mass of sugar crystals. This is due to the fact that the surface area of a single cube is much smaller than the total surface area of the sugar crystals. The larger surface area of the sugar crystals increases the amount of time it takes for the reactants to reach the surface and begin the reaction.The following points explain why a single cube would react more quickly than an equal mass of sugar crystals: A single cube has a much smaller surface area than an equal mass of sugar crystals. The smaller surface area of the single cube allows the reactants to reach the surface and begin the reaction more quickly. The larger surface area of the sugar crystals increases the amount of time it takes for the reactants to reach the surface and begin the reaction.In conclusion it is likely that a single cube will react more quickly than an equal mass of sugar crystals due to the larger surface area of the sugar crystals.
The speed at which something dissolves is a function of its surface area. A spoon of sugar and a sugar cube may have the same mass, but the tiny crystals in the spoon of sugar have a cumulative surface area much larger than that of the cube.
Let's imagine the following objects first: Sugar cubes are solid blocks, each with a comparatively larger volume. Granulated sugar is fine and particulate, and each grain has a very small volume. It is only logical that when comparing one block of sugar to one grain of sugar, that the grain dissolves faster because it has a smaller volume (less to dissolve), and the surface area to volume ratio is much higher.
Granulated sugar has more surface area exposed to the coffee, therefore it will dissolve faster.
Caster sugar will dissolve quicker because because of a greater surface area.
Dissolving will depend on surface area. Castor sugar has a smaller particle than regular sugar. The smaller the particle the larger the surface area. Surface area: Regular sugar < castor sugar < icing sugar. Castor sugar should dissolve faster than the same mass of regular sugar but slower than the same mass of icing sugar.
More than what? The surface area is directly proportional with the dimensions of the particles.
It has more surface area.
depends on the two objects!
Consider this:If a cube has side length d, then its volume is d3 and its surface area is 6d2.If I cut the cube into 8 smaller cubes by bisecting each edge, then the new side length is d/2, the sum of the volume is 8 * ((d/2)3) = d3, and the surface area is 8 * (6(d/2)2) = 12d2.Therefore, even though the volume stayed constant, the sum of the surface area increased when I cut a larger cube into small cubes. The increase in surface area will be larger and larger as the cube is cut into smaller and smaller pieces. Therefore a sugar cube always has less surface area than an equal mass of sugar crystals.Granulated sugar has more surface area than a sugar cube.
Powered sugar dissolves faster because it has more surface area.
In a chemical reaction it is likely that a single cube will react more quickly than an equal mass of sugar crystals. This is due to the fact that the surface area of a single cube is much smaller than the total surface area of the sugar crystals. The larger surface area of the sugar crystals increases the amount of time it takes for the reactants to reach the surface and begin the reaction.The following points explain why a single cube would react more quickly than an equal mass of sugar crystals: A single cube has a much smaller surface area than an equal mass of sugar crystals. The smaller surface area of the single cube allows the reactants to reach the surface and begin the reaction more quickly. The larger surface area of the sugar crystals increases the amount of time it takes for the reactants to reach the surface and begin the reaction.In conclusion it is likely that a single cube will react more quickly than an equal mass of sugar crystals due to the larger surface area of the sugar crystals.
The speed at which something dissolves is a function of its surface area. A spoon of sugar and a sugar cube may have the same mass, but the tiny crystals in the spoon of sugar have a cumulative surface area much larger than that of the cube.
Let's imagine the following objects first: Sugar cubes are solid blocks, each with a comparatively larger volume. Granulated sugar is fine and particulate, and each grain has a very small volume. It is only logical that when comparing one block of sugar to one grain of sugar, that the grain dissolves faster because it has a smaller volume (less to dissolve), and the surface area to volume ratio is much higher.
Probably because the surface area of the sugar granules is larger, more sugar molecules are exposes to water at once.
The finer the grains of sugar, the more surface area of individual grains is exposed to the heat. A solid lump of sugar has to melt from the surface into the centre - therefore, initially, has less surface exposed to the heat.
Granulated sugar has more surface area exposed to the coffee, therefore it will dissolve faster.