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What happens to the atoms of sugar as it dissolves and then hardens to form rock candy?

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Explanation: As the water evaporates the solution becomes more saturated and sugar molecules will continue to come out of the solution and collect on the seed crystals on the string. The rock candy crystals grow molecule by molecule. Your finished rock candy will be made up of about a quadrillion (1,000,000,000,000,000) molecules attached to the string.

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