Name: Freshta Ahmadi, Yasuko Fukuchi, Eric Peschel
Diffusion Through Membranes
Relevant Terms:
Diffusion: describes the spread of
particles through random motion from
regions of higher concentration to
regions of lower concentration
Net movement: the overall direction of
the movement of a substance
Dialysis tubing: is a type of
semi or partially permeable membrane
tubing made from regenerated
cellulose or cellophane
Conductivity probe: measure the
conduction of the ions in the
experiment
 Group 1 Group 2Group 3Group 4Group 5Group 
6Average1%1.1261.0640.7451.0581.021x1.0035%1.3781.1581.2581.185x1.381.272
10%3.754x5.1824.731x2.2863.988x%2.353.071.7743.153.66x2.801
Procedure:
Set up probe and prepare the computer
for data collection.
Conclusion:
Set up dialysis tubes, pour 10 ml of the
In this lab we concluded that the greater
1% salt solution in the dialysis tubing
the salt concentration the greater the rate
and tie both ends with thread.
of diffusion is. In 1% saline solution, the
Place the tube into distilled water and
average rate of diffusion was 1.003 mg
measure the diffusion rate by using the
l./sec. In 5% saline solution the average
probe.
rate of diffusion was 1.272 mg l./sec, and
Determine the rate of diffusion on the
in 10% saline solution the average rate of
graph.
diffusion was 3.988 mg l./sec. The
Follow step 2 and 3 and 4 for the 5%,
unknown variable we discovered had an
10%, and the unknown salt solutions.
average of 2.801 rate of diffusion
meaning it probably had between a 5 –
10% saline solution.