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Old 11/06/2007, 11:47 AM
stony_corals stony_corals is offline
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Originally posted by SDguy
Well, as far as my calculations go, assuming we are looking at pure starting materials, and only interested in carbon...

I calculated 1 gram of sucrose = 0.42 grams of carbon

while 1 milliliter of ethanol (or 2.5mL of 80 proof) = 0.557 grams of carbon.

You should be able to cross calculate to determine what amount of sugar will replace a certain amount of vodka, give or take...
Thanks Peter, best post of the thread...