Lab Report On Osmosis

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In this lab, within our groups, we covered topics that helped us better understand the process of Osmosis. Osmosis is the process water molecules are within when they are diffused and how they travel across a semi-permeable membrane to an area of low concentration. To begin this lab, we had to introduce and familiarize ourselves with this new concept of osmosis. We wanted to see whether temperature has an effect on the rate of osmosis. By using the dialysis tubes, we had 3 tubes, filled with the same amount of solute fluid. 8mL of molasses was our solute, once filled in each tube, we tied both ends and placed each individually into 3 beakers of water; one with ice water, another beaker with warm water and lastly a beaker with a room temperature…show more content…
We began this lab with 4 dialysis tube bags evenly distributed with different levels of solute to water concentration. The solute for this lab was molasses, and we used distilled water that was at room temperature to keep consistently and a control throughout the lab. The first bag had a combination 6mL of solute and 2 mL of water equaling out to a total of 8mL in bag 1. The second bag had 4mL of solute and 4mL of water. The third bag had 2mL of solute and 6 mL of water. And finally, the control bag which was the fourth was 8mL of distilled water. Our independent variables for this portion of the lab was the solute concentration, since we would be changing that for each dialysis bag, while the dependent variable was the change in weight. This allowed us to determine the rate of osmosis based on the solute concentration differences. We kept as many variables as possible the same such as; the water bags type, the amount of time left under water, the water temperature and the way we weighed the bags. These methods allowed us to receive the best results. This allows us to reenact a cell, where the dialysis tube is a good representation of a cell-membrane which is semi-permeable. While being able to keep the concentration of the solute within the cell, it allows for water molecules to transfer and go through the membrane. (VanSomeren, 2018) Prior to moving forward with this lab, once all the bags…show more content…
We set the graph in to 4 different linear lines. As labeled, the blue line refers to the dialysis bag containing only 8mL of distilled water. The dark orange line, refers to the bag containing the 2mL of solute and 6mL of water also known as the 25% bag. Then the 50/50 bag which is the grey line, that bag contained 4mL of solute and 4mL of water. And lastly the yellow line which was the 6mL of solute and 2mL of water. Just at a first glance, we see that the graph tends to follow an increasing trend line, where the bags that had some amount of solute concentration, that had a gradual amount of growth in their rate of osmosis, due to an increase in weight. Surprisingly, the bag that had the most solute, the 75% bag, didn’t have the highest numbers in regard to weight concentration after the 4 intervals, compared to our 50/50 bag which had impressive results. But on the contrary the distilled water bag due to the concentration of water inside was similar to concentration outside had barely any change in weight. Both the 25% bag and the 75% bag had very similar approaches when referring to the graph, where the results tended to be very similar in around the 10-15minute interval marks. But towards the beginning and end the results varied just so

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