Today I Found Out

Why Doesn't Sugar Spoil? (2019x118)

Fecha de emisión: May 08, 2019

Check my other channel Hig→→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 Follow Simon on social media: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut: Can Shooting Plastic Explosive Really Set Them Off? https://youtu.be/46I7VTaLM6Q When Aluminium Cost More than Gold... https://youtu.be/4xsj2O_fRnc In this video: Two foods are left out on the counter – fresh tomatoes and a bowl of sugar. Within a week or so, one will develop black spots and the other remains pristine, albeit perhaps a little clumpy depending on the humidity of the air. The reason? Osmosis. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/11/sugar-doesnt-spoil/ Sources: http://aem.asm.org/content/40/3/452.full.pdf http://www.effca.org/content/bacteria-food-production http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_membrane https://www.inkling.com/read/biology-dummies-kratz-siegfried-2nd/chapter-5/cellular-respiration-using http://www.biology.arizona.edu/biochemistry/tutorials/chemistry/page3.html http://www.uic.edu/classes/bios/bios100/mike/spring2003/lect07.htm http://www.nordicsugar.com/fileadmin/Nordic_Sugar/Brochures_factsheet_policies_news/Download_center/Functional_properties_of_sugar_on_a_technical_level/Functional_prop_on_tech_level_uk.pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycolysis http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-do-salt-and-sugar-pre/ http://sciencefocus.com/qa/how-does-sugar-act-preservative http://www.livestrong.com/article/432144-how-salts-sugars-work-to-preserve-foods/ http://textbookofbacteriology.net/lactics_3.html http://www2.yvcc.edu/Biology/109Modules/Modules/MembraneTransport/membranetransport.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular_mass http://www.unit-conversion.info/molar-mass.html http://users.rcn.com/