Dehydration+of+sugar

My lab (Francisco Carrillo) was about the dehydration of sugar, the reaction is C12H22O11(s) → 12 C(s) + 11 H2O(aq) Chemical dehydration with sulfuric acid.The acid is not included in the formula because it was there was the same amount before and after the experiment. media type="youtube" key="pqi50sjJVc0?fs=1" height="385" width="480" align="center" What happened in this lab was that by adding Sulfuric acid to sugar (unlike the video, i didn't add any water) a reaction was induced. This reaction made the Hydrogen and the oxygen separate from the Carbon and leaving the glass tube as water vapor. This happens because sulfuric acid (H2SO4) is a very goof dehydration agent, also tends to be very corrosive and very good at breaking up stuff, specially organic material.