what is corn syrup

[what is corn syrup]

is corn syrup a compound or a mixture? that 's what i what to know, so please
help me!!

 

[James Gockel]

Thats easy... Corn Syrup is a compound of Gluecose and Fructose, genereally
alot more Fructose. "High fructose corn syrup." And there is a fixed ratio
for the two. So it's considered a compound.

-James

 

[Herb Martin]

Thats easy... Corn Syrup is a compound of Gluecose and Fructose, genereally
alot more Fructose. "High fructose corn syrup." And there is a fixed ratio
for the two. So it's considered a compound.

Sorry, but based on (only) what you have described
above it is a mixture of (at least two compounds)
fructose and sucrose.

These are technical chemical terms and so to
make sense of the original question we need to
presume that he was making this distinction.

BUT, according to this site

http://njsas.org/projects/light_polarization/sugars.html

....corn syrup is d-glucose (dextrose) and so (ignoring
impurities) it would be a (single) compound.

But again, HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup) is
fructose (d-fructose) and not necessarily of a fixed
ratio (thus the need for qualifiers like "high").

So, it is quite likely that what is commonly called
"corn syrup" is a mixture of various compounds,
in vary proportions and may sometimes be found
as a relatively pure single compound.

The truth? 'Corn syrup' is not a very technically
accurate term, for making such distinctions.

Of course, we may be doing someone's homework,

 

[James Gockel]

actually may have everything to do with onenote, because now he can take
notes about what he learned!
wee.
Corn Syrup is an ambigous term. like saying cake... if it were my grandma's
special chocolate cake it would be a compound, because she makes it the same
way... but since it's just cake, well there are many different kinds...
where they are all considered mixtures...
I guess a compound is a mixture, just a fixed ratios.
-James

 

[Herb Martin]

actually may have everything to do with onenote, because now he can take
notes about what he learned!
wee.
Corn Syrup is an ambigous term. like saying cake... if it were my grandma's
special chocolate cake it would be a compound, because she makes it the same
way... but since it's just cake, well there are many different kinds...
where they are all considered mixtures...

Yes. Which is the reason that I wrote this:

The truth? 'Corn syrup' is not a very technically
accurate term, for making such distinctions.

I guess a compound is a mixture, just a fixed ratios.

No, a compound and a mixture are terms with different
meanings.

A 'solution' is also different.

Compounds are single chemicals, with all of the atoms
bound.
Salt OR water OR Carbon Dioxide

Solutions are one chemical dissolved -- that is partially
disassociated in a fluid.

Salt (dissolved) in water

Mixtures are two different chemicals that are not in
solution, but merely intermingled.

Oil and water mixed in the same container