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Because when you grind something up, you get powder. The surface area of powder is very high.

Think about a sugar cube. As a cube, it's surface area is just that, the cube. When it's ground up, each grain of sugar can be attacked by the water from all sides. None of it is hidden in the centre of the cube.


If you drop the cube into your tea, the water will dissolve the outer layer of sugar and then the next layer, then the next. If you pour powdered sugar into your tea, the water can dissolve it all at once. That's why the rate of dissolving is sped up. Increased surface area.

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