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Sugar burns with a yellow sooty flame due to the incomplete combustion of carbon and hydrogen present in its molecular structure. When sugar is heated, it breaks down into carbon, water, and other compounds, and the carbon particles form soot. The yellow color of the flame is primarily caused by the incandescence of these tiny carbon particles, which emit light as they are heated. Incomplete combustion occurs because there is often insufficient oxygen to fully oxidize the carbon, resulting in the characteristic yellow, sooty flame.

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