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Question
What happens when cane sugar is strongly heated? Mention any two changes in it.
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Solution
- Sugar is basically Sucrose.
- The molecular formula of Sugar is C12 H22O11 (or) C12(H2O)11.
- When sugar is heated, it loses all water molecules and decomposes to carbon.
- Chemical change;
- Irreversible change
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