Change of mass

20%

10%
Determining Osmolarity in potatoes by bathing in hypotonic, isotonic and hypertonic solutions

Percantage change
0%
length/cm(±0.05)
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 mass/g(±0.001)
0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9
sugar solution start end
-10% change start end change
dH2O 2 2.228 0.228 1.211 1.318 0.107
-20%
0.2M solution 2 1.997 0.087 1.297 1.109 0.188
0.4M solution 2 1.929
-30% 0.071 1.253 0.985 0.268
0.6M solution 2 1.854 0.146 1.214 0.884 0.33
-40%
0.8M solution 2 2.068 0.068 1.267 1.302 0.035
mean 2.000 2.011 0.107 Osmolarity
1.248of sugar solution
1.106 0.144
mode 2.000 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
median 2.000 1.997 0.087 1.253 1.109 0.188
range 0.000 0.374 0.160 0.086 0.434 0.295
STDEV 0.000 0.143 0.068 0.036 0.191 0.119
dH2O
length/cm(±0.05) mass/g(±0.001)
sample start end change start end change
1 2 2.2 0.2 1.215 1.052 0.163
2 2 2.2 0.2 1.183 1.308 0.125
3 2 2.1 0.1 1.294 1.405 0.111
4 2 2.35 0.35 1.177 1.453 0.276
5 2 2.3 0.3 1.191 1.418 0.227
mean 2.000 2.228 0.211 1.211 1.318 0.170
mode 2.000 2.200 0.200 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
median 2.000 2.200 0.200 1.191 1.405 0.163
range 0.000 0.250 0.250 0.117 0.401 0.165
STDEV 0.000 0.097 0.097 0.048 0.163 0.070
0.2M solution
length/cm(±0.05) mass/g(±0.001)
sample start end change start end change
1 2 1.8 0.2 1.297 0.933 0.364
2 2 2.1 0.1 1.2 1.112 0.088
3 2 2.05 0.05 1.304 1.216 0.088
4 2 1.95 0.05 1.348 1.104 0.244
5 2 2.1 0.1 1.341 1.203 0.138
mean 2.000 1.997 0.087 1.297 1.109 0.157
mode 2.000 2.100 0.100 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
median 2.000 2.050 0.100 1.304 1.112 0.138
range 0.000 0.300 0.150 0.148 0.283 0.276
 STDEV 0.000 0.127 0.061 0.059 0.113 0.119
0.4M solution
length/cm(±0.05) mass/g(±0.001)
sample start end change start end change
1 2.00 2.00 0.00 1.32 1.09 0.23
2 2.00 1.90 0.10 1.24 1.04 0.21
3 2.00 1.85 0.15 1.30 1.11 0.19
4 2.00 1.95 0.05 1.13 0.72 0.41
5 2.00 1.95 0.05 1.29 1.03 0.25
mean 2.000 1.929 0.000 1.253 0.985 0.248
mode 2.000 1.950 0.050 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
median 2.000 1.950 0.050 1.285 1.036 0.232
range 0.000 0.150 0.150 0.194 0.390 0.223
STDEV 0.000 0.057 0.057 0.076 0.160 0.089
0.6M solution
length/cm(±0.05) mass/g(±0.001)
sample start end change start end change
1 2.00 1.95 0.05 1.22 0.99 0.23
2 2.00 1.60 0.40 1.30 0.91 0.39
3 2.00 1.95 0.05 1.24 1.04 0.20
4 2.00 1.80 0.20 1.25 0.99 0.25
5 2.00 2.00 0.00 1.08 0.58 0.50
mean 2.000 1.854 0.000 1.214 0.884 0.294
mode 2.000 1.950 0.050 #VALUE! 0.994 #VALUE!
median 2.000 1.950 0.050 1.237 0.994 0.251
range 0.000 0.400 0.400 0.218 0.461 0.305
STDEV 0.000 0.164 0.164 0.081 0.187 0.129
0.8M solution
length/cm(±0.05) mass/g(±0.001)
sample start end change start end change
1 2.00 1.90 0.10 1.27 1.28 0.02
2 2.00 2.20 0.20 1.27 1.34 0.07
3 2.00 2.10 0.10 1.25 1.34 0.09
4 2.00 2.05 0.05 1.28 1.39 0.11
5 2.00 2.10 0.10 1.27 1.17 0.10
mean 2.000 2.068 0.100 1.267 1.302 0.065
mode 2.000 2.100 0.100 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE!
median 2.000 2.100 0.100 1.272 1.337 0.091
range 0.000 0.300 0.150 0.032 0.223 0.099
STDEV 0.000 0.110 0.055 0.013 0.085 0.039

length/cm(±0.05) mass/g(±0.001)
sugar solution start end change
dH2O 1.211 1.318 0.107
0.2M solution 1.297 1.109 0.188
0.4M solution 1.253 0.985 0.268
0.6M solution 1.214 0.884 0.33
0.8M solution 1.267 1.302 0.035
6 0.7 0.8 0.9 Mean change in length after bathing in hypotonic,isotonic and
solutions
8% 0.25
17%
27%
37%
Mean length change after bathing in cm(±0.05)

0.2
3%

0 8%
0.2 -17% 0.15

0.4 -27%
0.6 -37%
0.8 3% 0.1

0.05

0
1 2 3 4

Solution

Mean change in mass after bathing in hypotonic,isotonic and hypertonic so-

lutions
0.35

0.3
mass after bathing in g(±0.001)

0.25

0.2

0.15
 Mean change in mass after bathing in g(±0.0
0
0.05
0.1
0.15
0.2
0.25

1
2
3

Solution
4
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ons

3 4 5

ution

nic and hypertonic so-

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