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Osmosis investigation

Date Submitted: 12/12/2004 17:00:54
Length: 11 pages (3148 words)
Views: 98168

Aim: To find out how osmosis occurs and differentiates using various concentrations of water. Variables: The variables which we could investigate are: *Size of the potato chip. This will change the surface area and volume of the potato chip as the higher the volume, the higher the capacity *The concentration of the solution. The higher the solution is concentrated in water the more water particles there will be in the solution *Different potatoes. This will …

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…the room temperature and humidity. An accurate result would have looked like this: If I were to do this experiment again I could maybe measure one of the other variables which could affect osmosis. Also, whilst recording my results, maybe I should have increased the degree of accuracy. Instead of rounding the weight of the chips to 1 decimal place, maybe I could have measured it to 3 decimal places, proving me with even further reliable results.

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