Thursday 3 November 2011

Hard Candy Chemistry

Did you know that hard candy is actually a glass? Richard Hartel, professor of food engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, boils a mixture of sugar, water and corn syrup at temperatures over 300 degrees Fahrenheit to produce hard candy.

The video demonstrates how the molten liquid candy cools to form what from a technical standpoint actually is a glass. Unlike window glass made of silica, this tasty glass is made of sugar.



YouTube link

1 comment(s):

kdub_nyc said...

Isn't that what they make fake plate glass windows out of for movies, so the actors can crash through them?