CHAPTER 1 TRANSPORT (

TSA / V )

To study the relationship between

Aim/
total surface area per volume ratio
Objective
and the rate of diffusion.

Problem

What is the relationship between total

surface area per volume ratio and the
rate of diffusion?

Hypothesis :
The larger the total surface
area per volume ratio /
the smaller the size of cube, the
faster the rate of diffusion.

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Variables

Manipulated: Total surface area per

volume ratio / the size of cubes.
Responding : Rate of diffusion.
Fixed: Colored water, temperature / time
taken.

Material:Potato, Colored water.

Apparatus:Penknife, white tiles, beaker,

forceps, basin and gridded transparency.

Technique :Calculate the rate of diffusion

by using a formula.
Rate of diffusion = Percentage of colored
area (%min-1)
Time taken

Procedure
:
Potato tissues are cut into 1 cm3, 8 cm3, 27 cm3
andSize
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cm3/ cm
cubes.Percentage of%colored area / Rate of diffusion / %min
of cubes
Then the
immersed into a basin
1 cubes are

containing
100ml of colored water.
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All the cubes are left for 20 minutes.

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After 20 minutes, the outer surface of the cubes

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are dried with filter paper and cut into

two halves.
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The percentage of colored area in each

cube is estimated by using a girded
transparency.
The rate of diffusion of each cube is
calculated.
The results are recorded in the table.
Result
Rate of diffusion = Percentage of colored
area (%min-1)
Time taken