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Letter: Letter: Suck on this

Published 17 July 1993

From DAVID WILLACY

During the last few weeks of warm weather I have been indulging myself with
ice-lollies.

Why is it that if you suck hard, the flavourings and colourants are released
into your mouth, but the basic ice structure is barely melted? I assumed (as
a non-chemist) that these substances had been dissolved in the water, so why
do they separate so easily, just by suction to the ice?

David Willacy
Exeter, Devon.

Issue no. 1882 published 17 July 1993

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