Re: pinhole Burners and/or Torches

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From: Paul Doherty (pauld@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Fri Oct 18 2002 - 12:41:46 PDT 

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Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 12:41:46 -0700
From: Paul Doherty <pauld@exploratorium.edu>
Subject: Re: pinhole Burners and/or Torches

Hi Geoff

That's what I thought, but then I went and looked it up and several books
classify sugar crystals as bound by London dispersion forces.

Paul

>>The forces holding the sugar crystal together are London Dispersion forces
>>while the salt crystal is held together by ionic bonds.
>
>Paul:
>
>I thought that some of the -OH groups in sugar could engage in
>hydrogen bonding, which is a lot stronger than London forces. Is this
>not true?
>
>- Geoff
>
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