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An experiment to show the effect of hydrogen peroxide on the catalase.  

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An experiment to show the effect of hydrogen peroxide on the catalase Aim An investigation to see the volume of oxygen produced when hydrogen peroxide was added to the catalase Method * The equipment was set up * With a cork borer several tubes from the potato were cut out * Using a ruler, 3mm long pieces of potato were cut up * The pieces of potato were put into the round bottomed flask * With the tap closed, 10cm³ of hydrogen peroxide was poured into the reservoir * The tap was opened until all the hydrogen peroxide had poured into the round-bottomed flask and then it was closed firmly. * The pipette was put into the test tube of water * The timer was started for 3 minutes * The amount of bubbles were counted, using a calculator * After 3 minutes the number of bubbles were recorded * The round bottomed flask was washed out with distilled water *...

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