A term used to describe a double sugar?

Answer 1

The white stuff we know as sugar is sucrose, a molecule composed of 12 atoms of carbon, 22 atoms of hydrogen, and 11 atoms of oxygen (C12H22O11). Like all compounds made from these three elements, sugar is a carbohydrate. It's found naturally in most plants, but especially in sugarcane and sugar beets---hence their names.

Sucrose is actually two simpler sugars stuck together: fructose and glucose. In recipes, a little bit of acid (for example, some lemon juice or cream of tartar) will cause sucrose to break down into these two components.

If you look closely at dry sugar, you'll notice it comes in little cube like shapes. These are sugar crystals, orderly arrangements of sucrose molecules.

Answer 2

The white stuff we know as sugar is sucrose, a molecule composed of 12 atoms of carbon, 22 atoms of hydrogen, and 11 atoms of oxygen (C12H22O11). Like all compounds made from these three elements, sugar is a carbohydrate. It's found naturally in most plants, but especially in sugarcane and sugar beets---hence their names.

Sucrose is actually two simpler sugars stuck together: fructose and glucose. In recipes, a little bit of acid (for example, some lemon juice or cream of tartar) will cause sucrose to break down into these two components.

If you look closely at dry sugar, you'll notice it comes in little cube like shapes. These are sugar crystals, orderly arrangements of sucrose molecules.

Answer 3

The word 'sugar' is used by biologists to cover a range of molecules but the main 3 are Sucrose, Maltose and Lactose. These molecules are dimers (made up of pairs of smaller molecules); Sucrose is Glucose-Fructose, Maltose is Glucose-Glucose and Lactose is Glucose-Galactose. Glucose, Fructose and Galactose are quite similar molecules each made up of six Carbon atoms, six Oxygen atoms and 12 Hydrogen atoms bonded together in different ways.

Answer 4

There are a few different terms that are used to describe a double sugar. One is a disaccharide. Some more common names are sucrose and fructose.

Answer 5

disaccharide

Answer 6

Monosaccharide

Answer 7

maltose

Answer 8

maltose