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Question
Write a balanced chemical equation when hot and concentrated sulphuric acid reacts with the following:
Sugar
Solution
When sulphuric acid reacts with sugar, it forms carbon.
\[\ce{\underset{[Conc sugar]}{C12H22O11} ->[conc.H2SO4] \underset{[Sugar Charcoal]}{12C + 11H2O}}\]
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