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Osmosis Investigation
Date Submitted: 05/02/2002 12:18:59
Osmosis Investigation
Aim
In this investigation I aim to find concentration of a potato cell. I will do this buy putting slices of potato in to different concentrations of sugar seclusions so we may find the concentration that is isotonic with potato cell sap. A piece of potato in such a solution will neither gain nor lose any weight.
Hypothesis
My hypothesis is that the isotonic point will be between the 80 and 120g/l. I
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time affects osmosis see how long it takes for osmosis to be complete. Temperature might also affect this experiment; I could perform this experiment under different temperatures and see what happens. An obvious way to expand this experiment would be to use a range of different vegetables. When happy with the amount of information I have found on the isotonic point of sugar in vegetables, I could then do the same investigation but with salt.
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