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Take 30 g of powdered sugar, pour it into a glass placed on a plate, pour 26 ml of concentrated sulfuric acid there and mix with a glass rod.

After 1,5-2 minutes, the mixture will darken, foam and rise above the edges of the glass in the form of a loose mass. The reaction is accompanied by the release of heat. This happens because sulfuric acid removes water from sugar molecules, oxidizes carbon into carbon dioxide.

Author: Shkurko D.I.

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