No, this sugar roll isn't candy. Today, Inge and Magne show how much carbon sugar contains.
You need:
- Safety googles and gloves
- Baking soda
- Sugar
- Sand
- A bowl that can withstand heat
- Lighter petrol
- Matches or lighter
Recipe:
1. Wear protective gloves and goggles
2. You need a flame retardant bowl. Fill it with dry sand
3. Mix 1 part baking powder with 4 parts sugar, mix well!
4. Place the mixture in a pile in the middle of the sand in the bowl
5. Spray on lighter fuel and ignite the sand
6. The sugar and baking powder mixture begins to burn, forming a carbon roll that rises from the bowl.
The size of the sugar roll is in proportion to the amount of baking powder and sugar used. Sugar (C12H22O11) contains huge amounts of carbon in some annular molecules. This carbon is released by fire, and together with CO2, which is formed by heating baking powder, it forms the “sugar roll.
Formula: C12H22O11 ® 12C + 11H2O
