Investigation of Factors Affect Osmosis in Potatoes Aim The aim of the following experiment was to investigate the effect of varying the concentration of sucrose solution on osmosis in a potato. Preliminary Experiments One preliminary experiment was done before the main experiment. From the preliminary‚ we were trying to find out how osmosis actually occurred in potatoes‚ and gave us a vague idea on what the main experiment would be like. This preliminary will aid my prediction
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Effect of Sucrose Solution on Osmosis Aim: The aim of the experiment is to show how varying the concentration of sucrose solution affects osmosis by changing different molar solutions of sucrose and water and how it affects the potato. Introduction: In this investigation I will be exploring the effect of varying concentration of sucrose sugar solution on the amount of activity between the solution and the potatoes. Osmosis is the movement of water molecules across a partially
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Spectrophotometric determination of Ascorbic acid Concentration in an Unknown Solution Introduction: The naturally occurring organic compound with antioxidant properties is Ascorbic acid shortly referred as (AA). Normally the color of Ascorbic acid is white‚ but in some cases of impure samples it appears yellow in color. Ascorbic acid is solid in state. In water it dissolves well to give mildly acidic solutions. Ascorbic acid is one form ("vitamer") of vitamin C [1]. So‚ Ascorbic Acid (AA)
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experiment is to better understand the process of fermentation of yeast in different concentrations of sucrose. The experiment worked with yeast and sugar (sucrose and glucose) to determine the rate of fermentation by testing the pressure of C02 in the test tube. The experiment tested the metabolic capability of yeast anaerobically meaning no oxygen was present (this was ensured by the thin layer of oil on the top of the solution). This means that the metabolic rate of the yeast could be determined by testing
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Jolyne Piet CHM-221L-02 Lab #2: Experimental Design Isolation of Sucrose: 3.01 g Panacetin were weighed in a 125-mL Erlenmeyer flask‚ and 51mL dichloromethane were added to partially dissolve the Panacetin. The insoluble portion was gravity filtered and air dried to yield 0.45 g of sucrose (15.0 % of original Panacetin). Isolation of Aspirin: The organic filtrate was extracted through a separatory funnel with 32 mL 5% sodium bicarbonate to produce an aqueous layer and a dichloromethane layer
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Concentration of a Solution: Beer’s Law The objective of this experiment is to determine the concentration of an unknown copper sulfate solution. You will be using the Colorimeter. In this device‚ red light from the LED light source will pass through the solution and strike a photocell. A higher concentration of the coloured solution absorbs more light (and transmits less) than a solution of lower concentration. The Colorimeter monitors the light received by the photocell as either an absorbance
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change in weight Using different sucrose concentrations Introduction The purpose of this experiment was to estimate Osmolality of plants cells i.e. Potato and celery by converting the observed change of weight in different sucrose concentrations. The hypothesis assumes that the solute concentration of the plant samples would be indirectly proportional to the weight; there would be decrease in weight as the concentration increases. The independent variable in this experiment
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Topic: Osmosis of potatoes in different sucrose solutions. The aim of this experiment is to test whether more water moves out of a potato when it is placed in a sweeter sucrose solution than a potato in a less sweet solution. The hypothesis of the experiment is that we expect more water to move out of the potato placed in the sweet solution than the potato placed in a less sweet solution. Independent variable: concentration of sucrose‚ concentrations: pure water H20‚ 0.1 M‚ 0.5M‚ 1M‚ 2M.
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Null hypothesis The concentration of sucrose in the soil will not affect the growth of the common wheat seeds. Alternative hypothesis The concentration of sucrose in the soil will affect by slowing down the growth of the common wheat (Triticum aestivum) seeds. The sucrose solution (sucrose mixed with water) added to the soil makes high concentration outside the common wheat cells and the common wheat cells become an area of low concentration. Because the osmosis is reversed‚ the
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carbon. Sugar contains sucrose which is the common saccharide in many plant parts. Sucrose (sugar) is composed of 12 carbon atoms‚ 22 hydrogen atoms and 11 oxygen atoms. Therefore‚ the chemical formula of compound sugar C12H22O11. Figure 1‚ shows the structure of sugar as a 3D diagram. Figure 2‚ is a demonstration of the structure of sugar in a 2D diagram. The molar mass of compound sugar is 342.2965g/mole with a density of 1.59g/cm3 and a melting point of about 186
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