The initial mass of bag c was 16 9 grams after 15

grams. The initial mass of Bag C, was 16. 9 grams. After 15 minutes, the mass increased to 18.8
grams with a change in mass from initial mass of 2.0 grams. After another 15 minutes, the total
mass of bag C was 19.3 grams, with a change in mass of 0.5 gram. After weighing it after
another 15 minutes, the total mass was finally 21.5 grams, with a change in mass of 1.5 grams.
Finally, bag D had an initial mass of 17.6 grams, and after 15 minutes it increased by 1.2 grams,
to 18.8 grams. Also, then after another 15 minutes, its total mass was 18.3 grams, with a change
in weight of -0.5 g. After 45 minutes, together, the total mass was then 20.8 grams, with a change
in mass from previous mass of 2.5 g.
Figure 3: Change in Mass of Dialysis Bags. Throughout 45 minutes, the mass of bags A-D, were
recorded. The change in masses of the bags throughout time, is shown in the graph above.

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Figure 4: Plasmolysis of an Elodea leaf. Shown above the cytoplasm is no longer pressed against
the cell wall.
As NaCl was added to the slide with the Elodea leaf, looking through a microscope, the
cytoplasm was no longer present against the cell wall.
Discussion
With the first procedure when observing diffusion across a semipermeable membrane, as
the dialysis bag with phenolphthalein was added, the solution outside and the inside of the bag
turned pink. Phenolphthalein is a pH indicator that will turn red in a basic solution, so with that
means that NaOH had diffused across the dialysis bag, and turned it pink. This shows that
NaOH is a strong base. The phenolphthalein molecules had also moved across the
semipermeable membrane and turned the outside solution pink also. An error that might have
occurred was there might have been a leak in the bag somewhere that allowed the
phenolphthalein molecules to go out of the bag and into the solution. The phenolphthalein
molecules are too large to pass through the dialysis membrane.
With the dialysis bag with the starch solution was submerged into the solution with
iodine, the edges of the bag started turning dark blue/ black. Only the iodine solution was able to

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