Osmosis in a potato chip
Aim: To find out what happens when a potato chip is left in a sugar solution.
Possible Variables:
- Sugar solution
- Size of the potato
- Time in the solution
- Any skin on the potato
- Temperature of solution
- Surface are of potato
I have decided to analyze what happens to potato chips in different concentrations of sugar solution.
Safety: While I am preparing for the experiment I must make sure I cut the potato using the cork borer onto a white tile, not into my hand. Also when cutting any skin off my potato using a scalpel, to do it onto the white tile so I don’t cut myself.