The sugar is not chemically changed / oxidized. Gently evaporate the water, and you get the sugar back.
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Irreversible
The formation of a solution, in which sugar is the solute, and water is the solvent.
Reversible changes are physical changes that can be undone or reverted to their original state. Examples include melting ice, boiling water, dissolving sugar in water, and breaking glass. Other instances are mixing salt and water, stretching a rubber band, and freezing juice into ice cubes. These changes do not alter the chemical composition of the substances involved.
Reversible changes are processes that allow a substance to return to its original state. Examples include the melting of ice into water, which can freeze back into ice; the boiling of water into steam, which can condense back to liquid; and dissolving sugar in water, which can be reversed by evaporation. Other examples include the stretching of rubber, the folding of paper, the magnetization of certain metals, the expansion of gases when heated, the mixing of sand and salt, and the transformation of wax when heated and cooled.
Reversible
no
The change is physical because the change is reversible. Evaporate the water and you are left with the sugar, no new substances are produced; the sugar stays sugar and the water, water.
It is a physical change.
Yes, the process of sugar dissolving in water is reversible. Sugar molecules disperse in water but do not undergo any chemical change. By evaporation, the water can be removed, leaving behind solid sugar crystals.
a physical change
Sugar dissolving would be an example of a physical change. This is because it does not change chemically, so it is still sugar.
No, the dissolving of sugar in warm water is not a chemical change; it is a physical change. When sugar dissolves, it breaks down into its individual molecules, but its chemical structure remains unchanged. This process is reversible, as the sugar can be recovered by evaporating the water.
No, dissolving sugar in hot tea is a physical change, not a chemical change. The sugar molecules are still present in the tea and can be separated by processes like evaporation. The chemical composition of the sugar does not change during the dissolving process.
It’s reversible
false - it's a physical change. The sugar remains sugar only in solution.
Dissolving sugar in water is a physical change because the chemical composition of sugar (C12H22O11) remains the same before and after dissolving. No new substances are formed. It is a reversible process where the molecules of sugar disperse throughout the water, but they can be brought back together by evaporating the water.