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Sugar Crystals

Sugar Crystals
This electron microscope image of raw cane sugar reveals the shape of sugar crystals. The crystals form after purified cane juice has been heated and some of the water in the juice has evaporated, leaving behind a cane syrup. Seed crystals added to the syrup make the sugar molecules dissolved in the syrup separate from the liquid to form larger, solid crystals around the seed crystals.
Andrew Syred/Tony Stone Images
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Sugar; Sucrose; Crystal (mineral); Electron Microscope; Solid
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