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Find out if osmosis occurs in a potato, and how it affects the potato in different molar solutions of sucrose and water.
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Eisho simon 10y Introduction Osmosis is the "movement of a solvent through a semipermeable membrane (as of a living cell) into a solution of higher solute concentration that tends to equalize the concentrations of solute on the two sides of the membrane. A semipermeable membrane is a membrane that will pass some atoms or molecules but not others.. The best common example of a semipermeable membrane would be the lining of the intestines, or a cell wall. Gore-tex is another common semipermeable membrane. Gore-tex fabric contains an extremely thin plastic film into which billions of small pores have been cut. The pores are big enough to let water vapor through, but small enough to prevent liquid water from passing In a high concentration of water the amount of solute is low. This could be called a weak or dilute solution. In a low concentration of water the amount of solute is high. This could...
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