“Sugar” Sugar cane
Introduction
What we call sugar, the chemist knows as ‘sucrose’, one of the family of sugars otherwise known as saccharides in the grouping called carbohydrates Sucrose, C12H22O11, is a disaccharide, a condensation molecule made up of two glucose molecules The process whereby plants make sugars is photosynthesis.
12 CO2 + 11 H2 O = C12 H22 O11 + 12 O2
carbon dioxide + water = sucrose + oxygen
Sugar cane process
The sugar process is divided
1. Entry or transportation of the sugar cane
2. Milling
3. Clarification
4. Evaporation
5. Crystallization
6. Separation
7. Refining
8. Drying
9. Storage
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