Sunday, 12 April 2015

everyday chemistry - Sugar burning with the assistance of ash



If a plain pile of sugar (or a sugar cube) is heated with a torch, it just melts and gives off smoke. However, if some paper or wood ashes are added, it burns quite easily. What are the ingredients of the wood ash that allow this to happen? If I just used sodium carbonate instead of wood ash, would it work as well?




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