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TheEffectofAgitationontheRateofDissolution
Hypothesis:
Iftheagitationisincreasethentherateofhowfastthatitdissolveswillincreasebecausethe
moreitisagitated

Constants:
Theamountofwateryouuse

I.V:
Agitation

D.V:
Rateofdissolution

Levels:Stir(RPM)

Trials

Materials:
Water,beaker,popsticks,sugar

Procedure:
Putwater50millimetersinthebeaker
1) Put2scoppolaofsugar,intothebeakerandstir2times,seeifitdissolvesinthatamount
oftime.
2) Put2scoppolaofsugar,intothebeakerandstir4times,seeifitdissolvesinthatamount
oftime.
3) Put2scoppolaofsugar,intothebeakerandstir8times,seeifitdissolvesinthatamount
oftime.

Control:thefirsttrial

Data:
1. ittook2mintodissolve
2. ittook3:50mintodissolve
3. ittook4:40mintodissolve

TheEffectonagitationontherateofdissolution
I.V.
D.V.
Agitation(RPM) Rateofdissolution(sec)

Mean

Range

Trials:
123
2

120

82

132

111.3

50

220

180

242

214

62

240

300

270

810

60

ResultsStatement:
Fromlinegraphabove:AstheAgitationincreasedtherateofdissolution
increased.
CalculationsIncluded:
0.04000g/mland0.00004g/mL


Conclusion/Summary
Summary
TheEffectonagitationontherateofdissolutionaresummarizedandpresentedintheabove
graphandtable.Thehypothesisforthislabwasagitationisincreasethentherateofhowfast
thatitdissolveswillincrease.Themorethesolutionwasmixed,showedagreatermeanlength
(810sec)thenthesolutionthatwasmixedless.(111.3sec).Variationwithinthegroupswere
notsimilar.Withthemoreagitationsolutionhavingtherangeof60andlessagitation50.The
datadidnotsupportthehypothesisthatthemoretheagitationisincreasethentherateofhow
fastthatitdissolveswillincrease.

Conclusion
Thepurposeoftheexperimentwastoinvestigatetheeffectonagitationontherateofdissolution
ofthesucrose.Themajorfindingswerethatthemorethesolutionwasagitatedtheslowerit
dissolved.Thehypothesisthat,iftheagitationisincreasethentherateofhowfastthatit
dissolveswillincreaswasnotsupportedWeexpectedthetimeittookforthesucrosetodissolve
woulddecreasebecausethemorethewaterwasagitatethatfasterthesucrosewoulddissolve.
Butbasedonourdataitshowsthemoreitisagitatedthelongerittooktodissolve.Thereason
forwhythishappenedwasforwhenthesolutionwasagitatedmore,thanthesucrosebeganto
collideandcreateapile.Makingitharderforthesucrosetodissolveinlesstime.Thereasonfor
waterbeingapolarmoleculeisonesidehasapositivechargedandtheothersidenegative.This
moleculeismadeupoftwohydrogenatomsandoneoxygenatom.Weknewthatwaterwasa
polarmoleculesothenwefoundthatifthenegativeandpositiveareasonthepolarsucrose
moleculeswhichwouldmakethesucrosedissolveinwater.Toimprovethisexperiment,instead
ofusingascoppolatomeasuretheamountofsugarweputintothewater,weshoulduseareal
measurementtooltomakethingsmoreaccurate.Whatwedidnottakeintocontentishowwe
wouldstirthesucrose.Whenwestirredthewaterallofthesucrosebegantomoveintothe
center.Whichhappenedfromusagitatingthewaterinacircularmotion,likeatornado,where
theeyeofthetornadoisiswhereisisthecalmest.Samewentforthesucrose.Anotherwayto
makethisexperimentmoreaccurateistochangethemotioninwhich,insteadofdoingone
circularmotion.Themotionwouldbemorerandomandunplanned.Alsotoimprovethis
experimentwecouldalsohaveusedtheexactsamewatertemperatureforeachtrial.For
additionalinvestigationusinglesssugarorsugarthatismorefinerwillprovetohelpthe
experiment.Iffurtherresearchisdoneperhapsscientistscanclarifyifsugarisattractedtoitself.

REFERENCETHISDOCUMENTFORHELP

http://mjksciteachingideas.com/pdf/ExpDesRef.pdf

FinalCriteriaforSuccessChecklist

Initials

CalculationsIncluded:
Calculationofconcentration
ing/mLforsolutionscreated(honorsalsoincludeg/L)
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Explanation:
1.Whywaterisapolarmolecule?(pg
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Procedure
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list,paragraph,
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unitofIVVerticalColumnforDV,unitforDV,data
enteredcorrectly,statisticsincludedandaccurately
calculated

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