What effect does the sucrose concentration have on osmosis?

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Osmosis Coursework: What effect does the sucrose concentration have on osmosis?

Aim of Investigation: Investigating osmosis in potato chips in relation to the concentration of the solution that the chips are tested in.

What is osmosis?

Osmosis is the net movement of a liquid across a selectively permeable membrane from a solution/area of a high concentration to a solution with a lower concentration.

Osmosis is a type of diffusion that involves a liquid (usually water) rather than other state's (solid or gas) of molecules. So in full, Osmosis is the diffusion of a solvent through a semi-permeable membrane from a dilute to a more concentrated solution.

What is sucrose?

Sucrose is sugar which is found as a disaccharide naturally in many plants. It is used for production of sugar.

Formula of Sucrose: C12H22O11

What is a disaccharide?

A disaccharide is a sugar consisting of two linked monosaccharide units.

What is a monosaccharide?

A monosaccharide is a simple sugar such as glucose or fructose that cannot be broken down into simpler sugars.

The effect of sucrose concentration on water and osmosis

Water always travels from a high concentration