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Atoms of Fire: What makes salt and sugar so different?

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Have you ever accidentally sprinkled sugar on your dinner or spooned salt into your coffee? Those white crystals might look the same but they taste very different because they are made of different kinds of atoms bonded in different ways. Discover how chemists identify what kinds of atoms a compound is made of, then find out why an organic compound like sugar is much more difficult to analyse than an inorganic one like salt.

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8; 9; 10

Topics Chemical reactions Chemical compounds Chemical elements Properties of matter Reaction rates Chemical formulas Evidence Isomerism Chemical synthesis

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Science

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