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  • Diagram showing sugar dissolving in water.
    Rights: The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato Published 18 March 2011 Size: 58 KB Referencing Hub media

    Polar water molecules1 are attracted to the hydroxyl groups present in the sugar molecule2. The sugar molecules are surrounded by water molecules and then carried off into solution.

    1. molecule: Two or more atoms bonded together. The molecule of an element has all its atoms the same. The molecule of a compound has two or more different atoms.
    2. molecule: Two or more atoms bonded together. The molecule of an element has all its atoms the same. The molecule of a compound has two or more different atoms.
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    2. Two or more atoms bonded together. The molecule of an element has all its atoms the same. The molecule of a compound has two or more different atoms.