Diffusion is one of several transport phenomena that occur in nature. A distinguishing feature of diffusion is that it results in mixing or mass transport without requiring bulk motion. Thus‚ diffusion should not be confused with convection or advection‚ which are other transport mechanisms that use bulk motion to move particles from one place to another. In Latin‚ "diffundere" means "to spread out". There are two ways to introduce the notion of diffusion: either a phenomenological approach starting
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Introduction Enzymes are catalytic proteins. The purpose of a catalyst is to speed up metabolic reactions by lowering the free energy of activation or activation energy. Activation energy is known as the amount of energy needed to push the reactants over an energy barrier‚ so that the downhill part of the reaction can begin (Campbell 151). In an enzyme catalyzed reaction‚ the enzyme binds to its substrate‚ which is the reactant an enzyme acts on. In the reactions‚ the enzymes are very specific
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Chapter 6 DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS • How does diffusion occur? • Why is it an important part of processing? • How can the rate of diffusion be predicted for some simple cases? • How does diffusion depend on structure and temperature? Driving force for movement In general‚ force is a position derivative of energy (F = - dE/dr). In other words‚ if there is any energy difference in space‚ there is a force which will act on matters - Force will move things. (ex1) Potential energy by gravity:
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When combining one gummy bear‚ which is composed mostly of sucrose with molten potassium chloride‚ a violent reaction occurs. A surprising amount of energy us released by the reactant‚ and in process‚ the atom and molecule rapidly rearrange to form 3 products(CO2/H2O and KCl). This reaction is said to be products favor. A favoured product reaction is where almost all of the reactants‚ react to form products. In this case its sucrose and potassium chlorate react completely to form carbon dioxide‚
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Investigate the Effect of Concentration on the Rates of Diffusion. What is the relationship between concentration of hydrochloric acid and the rate of diffusion? Abstract The research question that this report is going to discuss is “What is the relationship between concentration of hydrochloric acid (HCl) and the rate of diffusion?” My hypothesis for this research question is that change in rate of diffusion will be observed when the agar blocks are placed in
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Diffusion & Cell Size Lab Background The absorption of nutrients‚ excretion of cellular wastes‚ and the exchange of respiratory gasses are life processes which depend upon the efficient transport of substances into‚ out of‚ and throughout living cells. The process of diffusion can be easily visualized by adding a drop of blue food coloring to a glass of water. Initially‚ the food coloring remains in a small area in the water‚ dying it a dark blue. Over time‚ the molecules of food coloring
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Activity One “Simulating Simple Diffusion” Activity Two “Simulating Facilitated Diffusion” Jessica Ogola Anatomy and Physiology 2401 Dr. Denyse Jones 02/02/2012 Objective: The objective of this experiment is to perform the simulation of the movement of solutes from a higher concentration to a lower concentration within a given amount of time. The goal of the exercise is to provide a simulation for the process of the facilitated diffusion of glucose through a selectively permeable
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substrate being able to be acted upon in correlation. The sulfuric acid was added after the allotted time and acted as an inhibitor. The inhibitor left a mixture of the products and original hydrogen peroxide. Our titrant of potassium permanganate (KMNO4) shows through its purple color the remnants of the hydrogen peroxide‚ which we were able to record. Hypothesis: If we add potassium permanganate to our mixtures then those beakers that were given a longer duration to react will require less titrant
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The Effect of pH on the Rate of Enzyme Catalysis of Catalase Objectives: The objective of this lab was to develop a protocol to investigate the effect of an environmental variable on the catalytic function of an enzyme. More specifically‚ the objective was to perform an experiment in order to test the effect of pH on the function of the enzyme catalase. Introduction: Enzymes are proteins that act as catalysts for reactions. This simply means that enzymes lower the activation energy required
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pore protein 3. carrier protein SIMPLE DIFFUSION What is diffusion? Diffusion is the movement of particles from a high density region to a low density region. No energy is needed and no membrane involves in diffusion. The Dynamic Equilibrium Diffusion will continue until the concentration in all region is the same. When this happen‚ we say it has reached the dynamic equilibrium. Factors Affecting the Rate of Diffusion (How fast diffusion happens) Particles that Move Through
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