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Determine the water potential of potato tuber cell with the varying affect of solute concentration
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:)Determine the water potential of potato tuber cell with the varying affect:) :)of solute concentration:) Introduction:) This investigation will try to determine the water potential of potato tuber cells. This will be carried out by using a potato cylinder and bathing it in different solutions of solute with different molarities and distilled water, which is pure. We will be able to find the water potential of the potato tuber cell by finding on the graph the equilibrium point where no water enters or leaves the potato. Osmosis has a very important role in this experiment. It is safe to say that osmosis is a unique type of diffusion, however only concerning with water molecules when they pass through a partially permeable membrane. When talking about the components of osmosis, the solvent (the water) and the solute (the sugar) added together make up the solution. In osmosis we always have a partially...
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