BCHEM Conclusion

ii.

A. WATER

Water is the controlled material wherein the natural process of gelatin formation can
happen. The result was the natural formation of gelatin. This happens when the hydrogen
branches of gelatin added to the water bonds with the water molecules creating a weak bond,
when the water molecules get excited, the bonds break however, after cooling it, the bond is re-
established making the water molecule bind with the gelatin chains (which also connects with
each other to form a triple matrix structure trapping the water in it) again.

B. BOILED PINEAPPLE JUICE

The result of the experiment on this second substance is as the same as the controlled
group. This is because the enzyme present in the pineapple (bromelain) that prevents it from
setting is denatured after being boiled so it is no longer active.

C. PINEAPPLE JUICE

The result was that the gelatin failed to set. This is because of the enzyme bromelain in
the pineapple that prevented it from setting. Bromelain is an enzyme that breaks the gelatin
molecules into their amino acid building blocks. This made the gelatin unable to settle and kept
the solution in liquid form.