Coursework.Info - Inspiration in an Instant

On the left is an image preview of every page of this document, and below are the first 150 words with formatting removed:

A Colorimetric Method for the Estimation of Glucose in Solution Method A clean pipette was used to transfer 10cm of 10% glucose into a boiling tube. The pipette was then used to transfer 9cm of 10% glucose into a different boiling tube. 1 cm of distilled water was added to give 10cm of 9% glucose. This was repeated to make 10cm of 8%, 7%, 6%, 5%, 4%, 3%, 2%, and 1% glucose solutions (use the table below to help): Concentration of glucose (%) Volume of 10% glucose to transfer (cm ) Volume of distilled water to transfer (cm ) Total volume of solution (cm ) 10 10 0 10 9 9 1 10 8 8 2 10 7 7 3 10 6 6 4 10 5 5 5 10 4 4 6 10 3 3 7 10 2 2 8 10 1 1 9 10 A clean pipette was used to transfer 5 cm of 1M sulphuric acid into each solution. A clean pipette and pipette filler was used to transfer 2cm of potassium permanganate solution into each boiling tube. A stopwatch was started the exact moment the potassium permanganate was added to the acidified glucose solutions. A time was recorded, in seconds for the...

Get instant access

• Instant, unlimited access to our documents in full
• Swap your work for free access, or pay £4.99
• To see the full version of this document and 146,871 others

OR

Receive email updates for this category

• Simply tell us your email address and receive a weekly Study Help Email for FREE
• Receive 3 FREE essay views with each email
• Get all the latest essays from Coursework.Info & discussion from TheStudentRoom.co.uk