Question

Which acid produces sugar charcoal from sugar.

Answer 1

• Concentrated Sulphuric acid is used to produce Sugar charcoal from Sugar.
• Sugar Charcoal is formed by the charring of cane sugar, which was repeatedly recrystallized to remove any organic impurities.

The chemical reaction involved:

$\underset{\mathrm{Sucrose}(\mathrm{table}\mathrm{sugar})}{{\mathrm{C}}_{12}{\mathrm{H}}_{22}{\mathrm{O}}_{11}}\underset{}{\stackrel{\mathrm{Conc}.{\mathrm{H}}_2{\mathrm{SO}}_4}{\to }12\mathrm{C}}+11{\mathrm{H}}_2\mathrm{O}$