Investigating the Osmosis Effect in Potato Cores Aim The aim of this experiment is to investigate the osmosis effect in potato cores while they are submerged in different concentrations of sucrose solution. Osmosis will take place while the potatoes are fully submerged in the sucrose solution. Apparatus æ Scalpel (1) æ Tile (1) æ Pr. Tweezers (1) æ 250ml Beakers (2) æ 100ml Water (Per Beaker) æ 100ml Sucrose Solution o 0.2M o 0.4M o 0.6M o 0.8M o 1.0M æ Measuring
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Biodegradable plastic from cornstarch ABSTRACT The study aims to produce biodegradable plastic using cassava starch as its main component. Cassava starch was mixed with water‚ cornstarch and cooking oil INTRODUCTION There is an increasing demand for plastic‚ from the highly technological fields of electronics‚ fiber optics‚ and pharmaceuticals to the basic necessities such as sandwich wrappers and garbage bags. This high demand for plastics‚ however‚ has been a major contributor to
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BUSINESS ETHICS: REFLECTION PAPER 1 HELP THE RICH‚ HURT THE POOR The controversy regarding the SEZs in India has turned the issue into what is commonly known as a “hot potato”. The heated debate today is whether these SEZs are good for India or a hotbed for disaster that is going to spell long term doom for the nation. Like many things that go wrong in a nation like India‚ the SEZs too failed in the implementation phase. Arable land has been used to set up industries‚ farmers have been displaced
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Potatoes taste pretty good. Mashed‚ fried‚ baked‚ or scalloped‚ but how about taking the place of a car battery? If a potato can replace a AA battery and light up a light bulb‚ who’s to say multiple potatoes couldn’t serve the same purpose in a car? Potatoes use the acids within them to start a reaction between the copper and zinc wires on either side of it. This reaction causes the flow of electrons passing through the wires and using the positive and negatively charged electrons to power the
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Impressionism and Post-Impressionism Analysis of “The Potato Eaters” by Vincent Van Gogh In 1883‚ after leaving his wife Sien and his children Vincent Van Gogh headed to Nuenen. Coming off a disturbing part of his life‚ which included the break up with his ex-wife with several issues and suffering from gonorrhea‚ he was having a considerably difficult time. In Nuenen‚ Van Gogh started to devote himself to drawing‚ and started to gain attachment and sympathy
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fiercely competitive‚ and in 1996 (the base year for this case) Hostess‚ the market leader‚ had just over a 10% share. How do you relaunch an old weak brand into this snacking frenzy‚ when it has no product news‚ and is merely a good‚ old-fashioned potato chip? This paper describes how. The Lay ’s relaunch exceeded all objectives‚ and catapulted the brand to market leader in only 12 weeks. The relaunch is so recognized by Frito–Lay that the same strategy and creative‚ adapted to local needs‚ is being
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John’s ship finally arrived in New York and he was exhausted. He and his family traveled to America because of the potato famine that was happening back home in Ireland. The first task he needed to do was find a place to live at with his family; he realized that the decent houses and apartments were out of his budget. He only had money for the crowded and unhygienic apartments‚ if they could be called that. After John picked a “room” out‚ he went to search for jobs. While he was out looking for work
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of concentration? Wouldn’t a higher concentration allow for a higher temperature as there is less time for heat to escape during the reaction? These are all questions that could be further developed to understand this how hydrogen peroxide and this potato catalase functions. How does this apply to the real world? The whole idea of this experiment was concentration‚ and how concentration impacts a reaction. One example relating to hydrogen peroxide is 3% hydrogen peroxide sold over drug stores‚
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Controlled Assessment: Osmosis of a Potato [pic] Osmosis: Osmosis is the movement of substances through a partially/semi permeable membrane from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration to balance of the concentration of the two sides. Biological membranes do allow water to pass through‚ but water will have no net movement unless osmosis takes place. Preliminary Method I have chosen to investigate the factor of the weight of potato strips after set amounts of time.
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An investigation to find the water potential of potato and carrot tubers in a sucrose solution‚ of concentration 0.00 – 0.50Mol‚ over a 24 hour period Interpretation Written Communication C1 From our graph it can be seen that the concentration of sucrose solution is 0.18 M at 0% change in mass for the potato and 0.355 M at 0% change in mass for the carrot. I will use these values to find the solute potential by using the calibration graph. I will work out the water potential by using the
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