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My aim is to find the strength of sucrose inside the cytoplasm of potato cells.
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Aim My aim is to find the strength of sucrose inside the cytoplasm of potato cells. Plan Potato cells, like the cells of all things, contain water as a solvent for substances that are necessary for living. Without water, cells shrivel up and die. If a solution is separated from pure water by a semi permeable membrane (where the holes are too small for the molecules of the solute to pass through but big enough for those of water), osmosis will occur. Osmosis is the movement of water from an area of low water potential (smaller negative ? number) to an area of higher water potential (bigger negative ? number). Water potential is the tendency of water to leave a solution, pure water is designated the water potential of zero and as solute molecules prevent water leaving it, the solution will have a lower water potential than zero i.e. a negative number....
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