Why Is Syrup Sticky?
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This video was brought to you by our sponsor Blinkist.Water, on its own, is not sticky.And sugar, on its own, isn’t sticky either.But put sugar and water together in the right ratio – and add some heat – and you geta sticky, sticky, delicious, sticky mess.So why are all sugary liquids, from honey to molasses to maple syrup, so sticky?Well, it turns out that both water and sugar ARE sticky, at least on a molecular level.That’s because both have tiny charges on them that act like little magnets around atomsof the opposite charge.These charges are the reason water molecules stick together to form drops and sugar moleculesstick together to form crystals.And yet, on an everyday scale, sugar and water aren’t sticky, for two different reasons.Water is made out of H2O...
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This video was brought to you by our sponsor Blinkist.Water, on its own, is not sticky.And sugar, on its own, isn’t sticky either.But put sugar and water together in the right ratio – and add some heat – and you geta sticky, sticky, delicious, sticky mess.So why are all sugary liquids, from honey to molasses to maple syrup, so sticky?Well, it turns out that both water and sugar ARE sticky, at least on a molecular level.That’s because both have tiny charges on them that act like little magnets around atomsof the opposite charge.These charges are the reason water molecules stick together to form drops and sugar moleculesstick together to form crystals.And yet, on an everyday scale, sugar and water aren’t sticky, for two different reasons.Water is made out of H2O...
