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Veronika [31]
3 years ago
7

What is the main reason that it takes 2 to 3 minutes for the reaction to occur between sucrose and sulfuric acid in the dehydrat

ion of sucrose?
Chemistry
2 answers:
soldier1979 [14.2K]3 years ago
5 0

 There is a time delay of almost two to three minutes before the reaction proceeds because of the following processes:

<span>1)    </span><span> The acid starts to go yellow as the dehydration begins.</span>

<span>2)    </span><span> The rate of dehydration then accelerates as the acid heats up because the reaction is exothermic/chemical (releases energy by light or heat).  As the sugar molecules are stripped of water, the heat generated turns the water into steam which then expands the remaining carbon into a porous, smoking, black column.</span>

<span>3)    </span>This expands out of the reaction vessel, producing a choking acrid vapor and the smell of burned sugar.

<span> At this stage, sulfuric acid is highly corrosive and will burn skin so one must avoid contact with it. </span>

BARSIC [14]3 years ago
4 0
The are different reasons and these are the following:
1) The acid starts to go yellow as the dehydration begins.
2)The rate of dehydration then accelerates as the acid heats up .
3)This expands out of the reaction vessel.
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