Rock Candy

Introduction:
Sugar is a carbohydrate, which gives energy to the body. Sugar can be classified into three
types; Monosaccharides, Disaccharides, and Polysaccharides. These three types also
classified into 2 categories: Simple sugar and complex sugar. Simple sugar composed of
monosaccharides and disaccharides and complex sugar composed of Polysaccharides. Table
sugar is one of the types of sugar. It is disaccharides which are sucrose, it made up of two
monosaccharides; Glucose and Fructose. There are 4 properties of sugar, which are,
sweetness, caramelization, solubility, and crystallization. Solubility is how well the sugar can
dissolve in the solution. However, it will not completely dissolve when the solution is
saturated; A solution which the concentration hit the maximum point by the reaction of
solvent toward the solute. Heat is one of the factors that affect the ability of sugar solubility.
The more heat that applies to the It the more sugar will be dissolve in the solution. The
solution that contains most of the sugar than possible will be called supersaturated solution. If
the solution is cooling down then the sugar which is in the supersaturated solution will form
as crystal (candy, 2015).
In this experiment, our experiment will be focused on two of the sugar properties; Solubility
and Crystallization. The super-saturated solution is said to be a solution that is once cooled
which the concentration level is above the saturation point. No crystal will be formed unless
the solution is disturbed or is in contact with the small crystalline fragment of the substance
(Seely, 2015). Due to the experiment, first, we set a solution which is Super-Saturated
solution contains sugar as a solute and water as a solvent. Then we drop a piece of wood
which stick by a sugar as a crystallization fragment form. We left the solution for a week then
we will get a result. Lastly, the Purpose of this experiment is to understand the properties of
sugar; Crystallization and solubility of the solution. Also be able to explain how was the
sugar candy is formed.

Reference:
Seely, O. (2015, April 27). Crystallization from a supersaturated solution. Retrieved March
05, 2017, from http://www.csudh.edu/oliver/demos/supersat/supersat.html
Sugar. (2015, October 23). Science of Candy: What is Sugar? . Retrieved March 05, 2017,
from http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/candy/sugar.html