Sodium Alginate Beads

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Topic: Enzyme Activity Aim: To investigate the effect of increasing concentration of hydrogen peroxide on the rate of decomposition of hydrogen peroxide by immobilized catalase in sodium alginate beads Skills Assessed: DCP & CE Qualitative Data: 1. The sodium alginate beads are green in colour. 2. The hydrogen peroxide is a colourless liquid solution. 3. The sodium alginate beads had a firm but jelly-like texture 4. When the bead is placed in the measuring cylinder containing hydrogen peroxide, it slowly sinks towards the bottom of the measuring cylinder, and after some time, rises again. 5. As the bead was rising it was surrounded by tiny bubbles. 6. In 2% hydrogen peroxide to 6% hydrogen peroxide the bead sinks to the bottom of the measuring cylinder and rose again. 7. For more concentrated solutions of hydrogen peroxide i.e. 7% to 10%, the sodium alginate bead did not reach the bottom of the measuring cylinder. It was suspended in the hydrogen peroxide for a few seconds, and then rose to the surface. Quantitative Data: A table showing the different concentrations of hydrogen peroxide and the time taken for each sodium alginate bead to rise Concentration of hydrogen peroxide/% | Time taken for bead to rise to the surface/s (±0.01) | Standard deviation | | Trial 1 | Trial 2 | Trial 3 | Trial 4 | Trial 5 | Average time taken/s | | 0 (control) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1 | 90.25 | 96.36 | 98.69 | 99.75 | 106.65 | 98.34 | 5.93 | 2 | 82.65 | 81.02 | 72.66 | 78.96 | 72.51 | 77.56 | 4.73 | 3 | 80.62 | 77.56 | 72.67 | 70.98 | 72.37 | 74.84 | 4.08 | 4 | 50.74 | 62.22 | 70.67 | 63.86 | 59.86 | 61.47 | 7.22 | 5 | 60.04 | 52.61 | 45.91 | 58.34 | 50.65 | 53.51 | 5.76 | 6 | 40.64 | 33.55 | 50.97 | 48.33 | 46.66 | 44.03 | 6.98 | 7 | 50.62 | 40.44 | 39.64 | 48.02 | 36.68 | 43.08 | 5.94
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