Osmosis Lab Report

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DISCUSSION Interpretation and Analysis The data in both Table 2 and Graph 1 show that as the concentration of sodium chloride (%) is increased from 0% to 10% when there is a significant increase in the % change in mass, thus also the rate of osmosis. Between concentrations 0% and 2% there was a rapid % change in mass. At 0% NaCl the % change in mass was +1.63% indicating that the potato piece had gained water because the concentration of solute must have been higher in the potato than in the solution. The % change in mass at 2% NaCl concentration was -8.82%, the negative indicates that the potato piece had lost water as the concentration of solute was higher in the solution than the potato piece. From 2% to 4% NaCl solution the %change in mass was slightly less rapid but still had an increase from -8.82 to -14.7, respectively. The graph had a slower decreasing trend from 4% NaCl solution onwards, this can be seen from the gradual plateau of the graph. The slowest increase in %change in mass of -0.04% was between 6% to 8% valued at -16.5% and -16.9%, respectively. The % change in mass increased slightly from -16.9% to -17.5% between 8% to 10% NaCl concentration. This suggests that the rate of osmosis had begun to stabilize and may be the result of the concentrations of both the …show more content…

This occurs as in the process of osmosis, the water moves from a dilute solution to a more concentrated solution through a protein pore or semi-permeable membrane, without the expenditure

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