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How can you use a visking tube to test the hypothesis that osmosis happens faster at higher temperatures?
Put a sucrose solution into the visking tube and fasten the ends, then place it in water (at different temperatures). The varying temperatures would quicken or slow the rate of diffusion (osmosis). Then using iodine, you put some in the water that the visking tube was in and if it turns dark blue/black the more sucrose has diffused. This can be put into a calorimeter to check the intensity for different temps. You should find that the higher the temp. the higher the rate of diffusion (because particles are excited and have more kinetic energy and move more). Hope this helps =) Sana (17 yrs)
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Is the Visking tubing a partailly permeable membrane and why?
Yes, it is a partially permeable membrane. It allows certain substances like glucose and water molecules to diffuse through but not large molecules like starch and sucrose. Selectively permeable.
What are the two things needed for osmosis to take place?
Partially permeable membrane(visking tubing) and water
What part of our bodies acts like a visking tube?
You may be thinking of the blood capillaries. Like visking tubing, their walls are able to let substances diffuse in and out. This is also true of the cell membranes. However both of these are much more permeable than visking tubing. The kidney contains semi-permeable membranes which allow urea to pass through but not other substances such as proteins.
Where to find visking tube?
Visking tubes can typically be found at scientific supply companies, online retailers that specialize in laboratory equipment, or possibly at a university or research institution that uses them for experiments.
Why it was important to wash the outside of the visking tubing?
Washing the outside of the visking tubing helps remove any contaminants or bacteria that could potentially contaminate the contents inside the tubing. This step is crucial to ensure that only the intended molecules can diffuse in or out of the tubing without interference.
Can salt pass through visking tubing?
No, salt molecules are too large to pass through the pores of Visking tubing, which is a semi-permeable membrane. Only smaller molecules like water can pass through the tubing via osmosis.
What can you use as alternative to visking tube?
the visking tubing is useless and we need an alternative. can u helpful human beings help please? we are in the middle of a chaotic crisis trying to find the reason for osmosis. please help you kind human beings :) i hate you bye -from the scientists of Mars :
What will and won't pass through a visking tube?
Cannot pass through visking tubing: sugar starch lactose sucrose Can pass through visking tubing: Iodine Glucose Maltose
Starch before it enters the Visking tubing?
Starch must be broken down into smaller molecules like glucose before it can enter the Visking tubing, as the tubing only allows smaller molecules to pass through its semi-permeable membrane. This breakdown of starch into glucose is typically achieved through the process of digestion, either by enzymes in the body or by external sources such as amylase. Once the starch is broken down into smaller molecules, it can pass through the Visking tubing via osmosis or diffusion.
Can glucose pass through visking tube?
fine glucose molecules can pass through the wall of the visking tube.
How does visking tube work?
A Visking tube works through the principle of osmosis, where solutes move from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration through a semi-permeable membrane. In the tube, the membrane allows water to pass through while retaining larger solutes inside, facilitating the separation of molecules based on their size.
What is a type of tube that is semi-permeable?
visking tubing
Is the Visking tubing a partailly permeable membrane and why?
Yes, it is a partially permeable membrane. It allows certain substances like glucose and water molecules to diffuse through but not large molecules like starch and sucrose. Selectively permeable.
What part of body does the water represent in visking tube?
The water in a Visking tube represents the bloodstream in the body. The selective permeability of the Visking membrane simulates the function of capillaries in the body, allowing only certain molecules to pass through, mimicking the exchange of substances between the blood and tissues.
What is a detailed explanation of how the visking model is good or bad?
can someone tell me what is good about visking tube and whats bad about it asap because i need to give my homework by tmor and my homework relates 2 that
What part of the human body acts a the visking tubing?
capillaries in the villi
What are the two things needed for osmosis to take place?
Partially permeable membrane(visking tubing) and water
