An Experiment To Determine The Water Potential Of Sweet Potato & Baking Potato
Introduction
This experiment was performed to establish the water potential of different types of potato in various concentrations of sugar solution. The sweet potato has been chosen because it has a higher sugar content than baking potato, which should affect the water potential.
Apparatus & Materials
1 Cork borer
11 boiling tubes
1 Beaker
1 baking potato
Test tube rack
1 sweet potato
Measuring cylinder
Scalpel
Cutting Tile