MagicPeacockSpider t1_j4w4lb1 wrote
Reply to comment by -Raskyl in Why, and how, does a combination of isopropyl alcohol and salt, plus a lot of shaking, remove the resin tar from the inside of a water pipe? by dankantspelle
The reason sugar won't wash away as easily is it will already be sticking to other things in the pipe.
Sugar has hydrogen bonds so any small amount that does dissolve in the alcohol will readily stick to other things.
Sugar will also easily dissolve with any water already in the pipe.
Once sugar has stuck to other things it may technically no longer be sugar but it will still be there.
Salt might react but generally the NaCl bond is pretty common because neither readily reacts with much else.
Flourine from any fluorides around maybe and heavier earth metals but generally, and water and the ions will just stay pretty close to each other in solution.
Hydrogen bonds like other hydrogen bonds and lots of stuff has hydrogen bonds.
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