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Which phases does water go through if you use distillation to separate it from dissolved sugar? Responses from a liquid to a solid, and back to a liquid from a liquid to a solid, and back to a liquid - no response given from a liquid to a gas, and back to a liquid from a liquid to a gas, and back to a liquid - no response given from a liquid to a solid, and then to a gas from a liquid to a solid, and then to a gas - no response given from a solid to a liquid, and then to a gas
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When you use distillation to separate water from dissolved sugar, the primary phases that water goes through are as follows:
1. **Liquid to gas**: The water is heated to its boiling point, causing it to evaporate and transform from a liquid to a gas (steam).
2. **Gas to liquid**: The steam is then cooled in a condenser, where it loses heat and transforms back into liquid water.
Thus, the correct response in terms of the phases is "from a liquid to a gas, and back to a liquid."
In this process, the sugar remains dissolved in the residual liquid, and you effectively separate the water. The phases involved are not related to solid forms, as sugar would not crystallize out during the distillation process unless the concentration of sugar becomes high enough to form solid crystals through crystallization.
1. **Liquid to gas**: The water is heated to its boiling point, causing it to evaporate and transform from a liquid to a gas (steam).
2. **Gas to liquid**: The steam is then cooled in a condenser, where it loses heat and transforms back into liquid water.
Thus, the correct response in terms of the phases is "from a liquid to a gas, and back to a liquid."
In this process, the sugar remains dissolved in the residual liquid, and you effectively separate the water. The phases involved are not related to solid forms, as sugar would not crystallize out during the distillation process unless the concentration of sugar becomes high enough to form solid crystals through crystallization.