Question

How can we separate sugar from the mixture of sugar and water like we can remove acetone from water?

Answer 1

Distillation:-

• It is a process where different components of a mixture can be separated based on the boiling point of the components in that particular mixture.
• At their boiling points, the components of the mixture get separated.
• When the mixture is a solid-liquid one, then the mixture should be heated until the boiling point of the liquid.
• Thus the liquid gets evaporated, leaving behind the solid.

Separation of sugar from sugar-water solution:-

• The solution of sugar and water can be separated by the process of distillation.
• The solution of sugar and water is boiled at $100°\mathrm{C}$.
• Since the boiling point of water is $100°\mathrm{C}$, it starts getting evaporated, leaving the sugar behind at the flask.
• By this distillation process we get pure sugar, in form of crystal, from the sugar-water solution.