Temperature Affecting Enzyme Activity Introduction The basic properties of life revolve around chemical reactions. Without the presence of enzymes some of life’s processes would not come so easily. Enzymes are basically proteins‚ which have specific shapes for different substrates. Enzymes change the rate in chemical reactions. It does this without having to change its own shape‚ which makes enzymes different from other proteins. A common enzyme that we have is catalase‚ which breaks down
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needle-like crystalline structure. DISCUSSION The effect of polarity on interactions between the molecules was the focus of the first experiment. For the compounds which dissolved in the solvents used‚ they were soluble because they have the same polarity‚ while undissolved ones did not have the same polarity with the solvents used. Anthracene clearly did not dissolve in any of the following solvents‚ except for toluene but there was only a little effect since it was only slightly dissolved. The same
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TITLE: Solubility and Thermodynamics PURPOSE: The purpose of the lab was to determine the thermodynamics variables of ∆H‚ ∆S‚ and ∆G for the dissolution reaction of potassium nitrate in water. The solubility of potassium nitrate in mol/L was measured over a range of various temperatures by finding out at what temperature crystallization began for solutions of different molarities. Then‚ the equilibrium constant was calculated and a graphical relationship between the natural logarithm of the
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17th‚ October 2010 Margarita SA: VOL RATIO AND AGAR BLOCKS Conclusion: For this experiment the agar jelly had to be cut in to five different block sizes‚ after that has been done we had to add all five blocks in to the test tube with the acid and time to see how long it would take for the colour to change from a pinky purple to clear. From this experiment I learnt that the bigger the size of the jelly is the
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think that more oxygen will be released from the Hydrogen Peroxide and Catalyse. We will be measuring the two main factors: - * Oxygen - the amount released from the Hydrogen peroxide * Time - The duration of the reaction The room temperature may be a factor that will affect our results.
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The effect of salt concentrations on the mass of the pear cubes ‘Pyrus’ after being soaked in water Aim: The effect of salt concentrations on the mass of the pear ‘Pyrus’ pieces shaped as cubes of 1cm. Background: Osmosis is the net movement of water molecules through a semi-permeable membrane from an area of higher water potential to an area of lower water potential. Water makes up to 70-90% of living cells and cell membranes are partially permeable membranes. Dissolved substances attract
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Hypothesis: Temperature of water affects the time taken for salt to dissolve Introduction: In this is will be doing a coursework an experiment in which I will be trying to prove my hypothesis? I will do a set of trial experiment and a main one which I will be trying different temperature‚ which I can prove that this will work and to make sure I get hang of it when I do my real experiment. I will also draw a set of graphs in which I can show which can show if this proves my hypothesis. Important
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Biology Lab Report - Movement in and out of cells (4A) Shiang Chen Ting (24) Sec 313 Introduction The aim of this experiment is to explore the factors which affect the movement of materials in and out of the cells. The dark red or purple colour of Beetroots is caused by a pigment called betalain that is found within the vacuole of the beetroot cells. The pigment remains intact within the cell if the cells are not “stressed” by the external environment. In this exploration‚ two factors that affect
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the effect of the addition of increasing concentrations of a miscible liquid (ethanol) on the solubility of KNO3 in water. The results of the investigation support the hypothesis that water‚ which exhibits greater polarity‚ is able to dissolve a greater mass of KNO3 at lower temperatures compared to tested concentrations of Ethanol ranging from 12.5% to 30%. Furthermore‚ the results of the graph 1 show correspondence to the dielectric constant of each solvent as both the starting solubility of the
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FACTORS AFFECTING SOLUBILITY There are three main factors that control solubility of a solute. (1) Temperature (2) Nature of solute or solvent (3) Pressure EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE Generally in many cases solubility increases with the rise in temperature and decreases with the fall of temperature but it is not necessary in all cases. However we must follow two behaviours: In endothermic process‚ solubility increases with the increase in temperature and vice versa. For
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