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An Experiment To Determine The Water Potential Of Sweet Potato & Baking Potato Introduction This experiment was performed to establish the water potential of different types of potato in various concentrations of sugar solution. The sweet potato has been chosen because it has a higher sugar content than baking potato, which should affect the water potential. Apparatus & Materials 1 Cork borer 11 boiling tubes 1 Beaker 1 baking potato Test tube rack 1 sweet potato Measuring cylinder Scalpel Cutting Tile Scales Ruler Method 1. Use the cork borer to cut out 11 cylinders of sweet potato. 2. Cut each cylinder to 5cm lengths. 3. Wash each cylinder for 1 min 4. Dry cylinders, weigh and record results 5. Label the boiling tubes A-K Respectively 6. Put 10cm of the sucrose solution at different concentrations ranging from Distilled water to 1.8mol solution. Record which tube holds which concentration. 7. Put the cylinders in the boiling tubes. 8. Leave the test tubes for three hours to allow osmosis to occur 9. Remove...

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