Lesson Idea | Sherbet and Popping Candy
Provider: Royal Society of Chemistry
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Chosen for its simple, hands-on chemistry demonstration that helps teachers explain fizzing reactions and gas in sweets clearly
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This edible experiment demonstrates how chemistry creates fizzy and popping sensations in sweets. By mixing citric acid, bicarbonate of soda, and icing sugar, an acid–base reaction occurs that releases carbon dioxide gas, producing a tangy fizz on the tongue. It also explains how popping candy works: carbon dioxide gas is trapped under pressure inside hardened sugar, and when the candy dissolves in the mouth, the gas escapes with tiny popping sounds and sensations.
Lesson Idea | Sherbet and Popping Candy
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