SUGAR GLASS EXPERIMENT

 

SUGAR GLASS EXPERIMENT

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- By Suhail Ansari

Batch (2k17), Chemical Engg.

BIT Sindri, Dhanbad.

So, are you’ll get bored with everything in this lock-down!!

Don’t worry, here’s an experiment you all can do in your home.

Its so simple, easy and a decorative experiment with a concept of crystallization.

So, what are we waiting for??

Let’s get started!!

                      

MATERIALS REQUIRED:

1.      Granulated Sugar.

2.    Light Corn Syrup.

3.    A Huge Beaker/Sauce Pan

4.    Stove or Burner & Thermometer.

5.    Aluminum Foil.

6.    Some Food Coloring.

7.    Water.

8.    Cream of tartar.

9.    3 Beakers.

PROCEDURE:

1.    Measure these out:

·       3 ½ cups of sugar.

·       2 cups of water.

·       1 cup of light corn syrup.

·       ¼ spoon of cream of tartar.

2.    Combine all the ingredients in a sauce pan or in a huge beaker.

3.    Slowly heat this mixture along with stirring the mixtures. (be sure the sugar will not caramelize and become yellow and don’t heat the sugar so fast.)

4.    Place a thermometer in the sauce pan and keep heating the mixture until the temperature reaches to 290-300-degree Fahrenheit.

5.    Prepare a design using the aluminum foil. (e.g. rectangle, triangle, etc.)

6.    Gently pour the mixture into the aluminum foil.

7.    Add the food coloring in it and spread the colors.

8.    Let the mixture cool until hardened.

9.    Now, carefully remove the hardened glass sugar from the aluminum foil design without breaking it.

 

EXPLANATION:

So, here’s you get an excellent decorative piece of sugar glass.

Let’s now know about the science behind it.

What is Crystallization?

Crystallization is the solidification of atoms or molecules into a highly structured form called crystal. OR

It is a solid-liquid separation and purification technique in which mass transfer occurs from the liquid solution to a pure solid crystalline phase.

The sugar glass is formed when you only mix sugar into water and heat it to around 300-degree Fahrenheit. Adding the corn syrup will prevents the sugar from re-crystallization as normally sugar that is dissolved in water, crystallize back into sugar again. So, to prevent this, we add corn syrup.

The dissolved sugar molecules are held in suspension by the corn syrup while the cream of tartar separates the complex sugar crystals into the simpler sugar component i.e. Glucose and Fructose.

So, It’s all about crystallization. Now, adding the food coloring is just to add beauty on these sugar glass just like a cheery on the cake.

FACTS ABOUT SUGARS:

Too much sugar can increase the overall risk of heart disease. In fact, sugar actually changes the muscles protein of the heart as well as the pumping mechanics of the heart.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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