I've been doing some homework and trying to find just a flat-out explanation for this but can't...what's the real reason?
2007-01-17 04:46:44 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
More surface area exposed to the water. Water has to get past the outer sugar granules in the lump before it can work on the inner ones.
2007-01-17 04:51:25 · answer #1 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ground sugar spreads out in liquid so the liquid covers it and dissolves it quicker, a lump of sugar can only dissolve on the outside until it dissolves all the way through,which takes longer.
2007-01-17 04:52:59 · answer #2 · answered by Richie B. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The percentage of surface area exposed to the dissolving agent is higher with smaller pieces of material. If a temperature change is involved you have less mass to heat or cool.
2007-01-17 05:00:18 · answer #3 · answered by Albert F 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in a crushed lump there is more surface area of the sugar in contact with the liquid even cutting it in half would speed the prosess a bit
2007-01-17 04:52:45 · answer #4 · answered by T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋