Question

b. Sugar and salt are both white, crystalline powders that dissolve in water. If you were given an unknown sample that contained one or both of these solids, how could you determine what your unknown sample contained (without tasting it)? (2 points)

Answer 1

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Explanation:

Sugar and Salt even thought they both dissolve in water they both dissolve in different ways. When salt dissolves in water, its individual types of ions are torn apart from each other, while Sugar molecules stay together when dissolved in water, and therefore the molecules remain the same when dissolved in water. This being said in science using your senses can be just as valuable as using calculations. In this case both Sugar and Salt taste differently. Sugar is sweet while Salt is salty. Therefore tasting the substance can be the easiest and most accurate way of determining the substance.

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