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The Chemistry of Cotton Candy

By Hank Campbell in Science 2.0
August 17, 2011
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Submitted by Hank on Wed, 08/17/2011 - 07:41
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I can't stand cotton candy but my kids love it - naturally that means a science experiment is in the making but it turns out University of Wisconsin-Madison Professor of Food Engineering Richard Hartel has already done the hard work.

So celebrate the end of Summer by by turning outrageously hot sugar into sticky threads.  All you need is a cotton candy machine and a 375 degree heating element, so I guess it's not that easy to do, but it is still fun.

Source: BytesizeScience

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