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When sugar crystals dissolve in water the level of water does not rise appreciably why?

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Water molecules have space in between them. They are not packed tightly in liquid form. So the dissolved sugar molecules fill the intermolecular space in between the water molecules. This is why you cannot really see a rise in water level.  
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