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Sugar Cane is a plant. It is one of the most important crops in Hawaii, as well as much of Central America, and some of the Caribbean. It is a tall, tough plant that used to be harvested by hand with machetes. Now it is harvested by machinery. In sugar growing areas pieces of Cane are often sucked or chewed on much like peppermint sticks. Harvesting

Sugar cane is harvested by chopping down the stems just above ground level, leaving the roots so that it regrows in time for the next crop. Harvest times tend to be during the dry season from there the cane is taken to the mill where the sap containing the sugar is extracted

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What does precipitation do in extracting the sucrose from sugar cane?

Precipitation helps to separate impurities from the sugar cane juice by causing them to form clumps or settle at the bottom, allowing the pure sucrose to remain in solution. This technique is commonly used in the sugar refining process to purify the sugar cane juice before further processing.


What is the industrial preparation of sucrose?

Sucrose is extracted from sugar cane and sugar beet. It must be processed, crushed for juice, then filtered and heated to 200 degrees Fahrenheit to precipitate it for form a 'mud'. It is then separated by centrifugation or gravity, then the product is crystallized, centrifuged and evaporated to form raw cane sugar.


Where does shugar come from?

Sugar comes from sugar cane or sugar beet plants. The process of extracting sugar involves crushing or extracting the juice from these plants, which is then processed to remove impurities and crystallize the sugar.


Why does sugar cane produce sugar?

Sugar cane produces sugar through the process of photosynthesis, where it absorbs sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water into glucose. Glucose is then stored as sucrose in the plant's sap, which can be extracted and processed into sugar. The high levels of sucrose in sugar cane make it an ideal crop for sugar production.


How Precipitation is used to extract sucrose from sugar cane?

Precipitation is used in the sugar industry to aid in the extraction of sucrose from sugar cane. Lime and carbon dioxide are added to the sugar cane juice to form calcium carbonate, which then reacts with impurities and forms a precipitate. This precipitate helps to remove impurities, allowing for the separation of sucrose from the sugar cane juice.


Cane sugar is mainly composed of?

Sucrose


Which chemical compound is present in cane sugar?

A white sweet crystalline sugar is found in numerous plants, particularly the sugar cane, sugar beet, and maple-tree sap. It's chemical formula is: C12H22O11


What is the chemical name for cane sugar?

diacetyl orpine hydrochloride


The chief carbohydrate in beet sugar is?

Sucrose, same with cane sugar.


What type of sugar is cane sugar?

Cane sugar is a type of sucrose, which is a disaccharide made up of glucose and fructose molecules.


Where does sucrose come from?

Sucrose is a type of sugar that is found in many plants but extracted as ordinary sugar mainly from sugar cane and sugar beets.


Processing sugar cane yields what disaccharide?

Sucrose.