The Effect of Glucose Concentration on Rate of Diffucion

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The Effect of Glucose Concentration on the Rate of Diffusion Problem: How does the percentage of concentration in glucose solution affect the rate of diffusion of water and glucose solution through a semi-permeable membrane (dialysis tubing)? Hypothesis: I think that the higher the percentage of glucose in the solution, the lower the concentrate of the solution in the dialysis tubing after diffusion will be, and the higher the percentage of glucose in the water outside of the dialysis will be after diffusion. I think so because the higher the concentrate of glucose is inside the solution, the more attracted water molecules on the outside of the tubing will be to diffuse into the solution, because substances are more attracted to diffuse to places where there is a lower concentration of themselves. I think that the concentration on the outside of the dialysis will be higher (when the glucose concentration is elevated) because there will be more glucose molecules to diffuse into the water, because of the higher glucose concentrate in the tubing, allowing more glucose to diffuse through into the water. Materials: 15 ml of 1% Glucose Concentrate 15 ml of 5 % Glucose Concentrate 15 ml of 10% Glucose Concentrate 15 ml of 15% Glucose Concentrate 2 400 ml beakers 1 100 ml beaker Water (at least 2-3 L) 216 cm of dialysis tubing 10 ml graduated cylinder 48 glucose test strips Safety Goggles Ruler Scissors Procedure: 1. Create a data table for the experiment. 2. Put on your safety goggles. 3. Measure 5 ml of 1% glucose solution with the graduated cylinder, and then pour the solution into the 100 ml beaker. Use a glucose strip to measure the amount of glucose by submerging the coloured part in the solution (wait 30 seconds). Compare the coloured part of the strip to the color comparison on the glucose measuring container, and record the amount of

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