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Osmosis in potato chips Osmosis is by definition, the diffusion of water from a weaker, or more dilute solution, to a stronger solution (i.e. down the water concentration gradient) through a partially permeable membrane, and it is this principle which I want to study. My teacher has done the planning to me for investigating the effect of osmosis on potato chips. In order to observe any results, and draw a conclusion from them, I need to thoroughly research osmosis and it's effect on plant cells. Osmosis can occur in plant cells, and allows processes such as transpiration to occur. It also can change the structure of a cell, to a point where the cell can no longer function. Osmosis is the only way that water can diffuse in and out of a cell. When the solutions on either side of the partially permeable membrane are equal (in strength), or...

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