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Beetroot Experiment
What Effects Do Temperature
And Standard Solution
Have on a Beetroots
Cell Membrane.

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* Aim.............................................................................................................

* Preliminary Work.......................................................................................

* Hypothesis.................................................................................................

* Risk Assessment.........................................................................................

* Method (Plan)............................................................................................

* Table of Results..........................................................................................

* Graphs........................................................................................................

* Analysis......................................................................................................

* Evaluation..................................................................................................

* Bibliography...............................................................................................

Aim:

The aim of the experiment that was carried out was to see, at what temperature and in which standard solution, does the amount of dye left in the boiling tube had the highest percentage transmission. Beetroot was used for the experiment because it was easier to see the dye after the practical was completed. Putting beetroot cylinders into different boiling tubes, which contained three different standard solutions of Ethanol, they were left for half an hour at a certain temperature to get the dye out. Once the time was up, the solutions was added to cuvettes and inserted into the colorimeter to test how much light was passed through the sample.

Preliminary Work:

Before the experiment was started, a

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