1 kg sugar to 1pint of water= ?litres

[keith pierce]

Sorry, but i am not good on the maths so will someone help me out here.

If i mix 1kg of sugar to 1 pint water, what volume will this give me in litres.

Also what will the water content be. I think i have heard it said that 64% is as much sugar as water can hold.

Also, will this be the same consistency(water content) of inverted syrup(ambrosia)

 

[JohnF]

Ambrosia from memory is around 72%
Why not work in litres?

 

[Finman]

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YOu do that and measure how much it is.

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[itma]

Because Ambrosia is 'largely' Glucose and Frucose (rather than Sucrose), its dissolved total sugars weight % can be higher without crystallising.


I don't see any point in mixing units - I try to stick to grams (and kilograms if the numbers get big!)


And anyway, this shouldn't be the time of year to be thinking about 'heavy' syrup ... surely?


And sorry, dunno the answer to the volume question, 'cos I've not done that.

Added -- "True" 2:1 (1 kg sugar to 500g water) is very close to saturated at room temp (won't take more sucrose), and a pint is 568 grams of water ...

 

[alanf]

If I mix 1kg of sugar to 1 pint water, what volume will this give me in litres.

Quickest way is to try it. Seriously, it's not a simple calculation to get the exact volume of solids in solution, there are all sorts of molecular interactions.

In round numbers, a saturated sugar solution at room temperatures is around 1.6Kg in 1 litre of water and that will be around 2 litres total volume. Add 0.7 litres of water to a Kg of sugar; that's about 1 litre and about as dense as sugar solution gets without keeping it warm. 1 pint is 568 ml (0.568 litres), 1Kg of sugar in a pint is going to start crystallising out as it cools in a feeder. Although most of the references suggest thinner syrup in spring if that's what you're using it for.

Ambrosia (other partially inverted sugars are available) can have lower water content than a simple sugar solution because the sucrose that is "white sugar" is partly converted to fructose and glucose and the mix dissolves to a higher density than just sucrose at any temperature you're likely to try.

 

[Finman]

http://images.search.conduit.com/Im...urce=10&CUI=UN38806027605375156&start=0&pos=5

1 kg sugar/ pint water = 60% sugar solution. Density is 1.3

I got a result 1,2 litres.



1:2 syrup is a usual feeding syrup = 67%.
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[richardbees]

Keith
no offence but it looks like maths maybe isn't your strongest point!

Number of colonies: 50 and then some more

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

5 kilos of sugar mixed with 2.5 litres water gives you about a gallon (or maybe four quarts) - That's BSG BTW

 

[oliver90owner]

Gallon, four quarts? That might only be close to 4 liters (spelt correctly here)!

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Last year I mixed five kilos of sugar with 2.5 litres of water - I measured it and it gave me a gallon of syrup

 

[keith pierce]

Keith
no offence but it looks like maths maybe isn't your strongest point!

Number of colonies: 50 and then some more

at the moment it over 80, this number will be greatly reduced,by the time i have sorted my bees in the spring and kept what i need for honey and nuc production. During the summer it will rise to over a 100, so 50 is a good round number.

 

[keith pierce]

http://images.search.conduit.com/Im...urce=10&CUI=UN38806027605375156&start=0&pos=5

1 kg sugar/ pint water = 60% sugar solution. Density is 1.3

I got a result 1,2 litres.



1:2 syrup is a usual feeding syrup = 67%.
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Thanks finnman. Thats the answer that i was looking for.

 

[richardbees]

Keith Pierce

sorry, that was a bit snide ...