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When a small amount of sugar is added to water in a graduated cylinder, there is no detectable
change in the level of water. Give reason.

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Dear Student
There is intermolecular spaces present between molecules of water.
There is no detectable change in the level of water, as when on dissolution, sugar molecules take up the intermolecular spaces of water molecules.
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