Sugar Dissolving Race
There are many factors that determine if a substance (solute) will dissolve in another (solvent). Your objective
today is determine how to rapidly dissolve sugar in a solvent. You will be able to use 30 mL maximum of any
of the solvents and sugar cubes. The solvents you will be using are:
Water (H2O) Vinegar (H2C2H3O2)
Isopropyl Alcohol (CH3CH(OH)CH3)
Mineral Oil (C25H50)*
*Mineral oil has a similar structure to paraffin
Table sugar is sucrose (C12H22O11) and has the following structure. Is sugar polar or non polar?
Solvent
Polarity
# of Sugar
Cubes
Rate
Observations/Changes made
Solvent
Polarity
# of Sugar
Cubes
Rate
Observations/Changes made
Now that you have explored with your options. We will have a race to see who can dissolve the sugar cube
the fastest. Explain what you did and how fast did it dissolve.