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How Does The Strength Of A Sugar Solution Affect The Mass Of A Potato Chip?  

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How Does The Strength Of A Sugar Solution Affect The Mass Of A Potato Chip? Prediction I predict that the higher the concentration of the solution is, the lower the weight of the potato chip. The reason I believe this is that the higher the level of glucose in the solution, the lower the level of water, because of this the potato will lose water through osmosis. This also proves that with a low level of concentration the potato chip should gain weight as it has less water then the solution. Osmosis is the movement of water from high concentration of water to low concentration of water, across a selectively permeable membrane. Apparatus * 4 Sugar solutions * Distilled water * Potato * Boiling tubes * Knife (potato chip cutter) * Labels * Measuring cylinder * Paper towels * Weighing scale * Test tube rack * Stopwatch Measurements For this experiment I am measuring how the strength of a sugar solution...

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