The refactive index concentration of soluble substances
To find a connection between the refractive index and the concentration of a solute in a solvent.We understand that there are many variables in this experiment that we will attempt to control. Things like Temperature, the concentration of the solute, the amount of water, thickness of the plastic container, the angle of the incident ray and the accuracy of our measurements will all need to be managed. The only variable that we will be consciously altering is the concentration/amount of the solute. That as the concentration increases the refractive index will increase. Measuring Cylinder 3 semi circular trays We chose water as our solvent as it was cheap, readily accessible and we had the advantage of already knowing its refractive index (1.33). We chose sugar for the solute as it was also chap and accessible and we knew it would dissolve fairly easily into the water. We needed the beaker and stirring to mix the sugar and water well. We predicted that if we attempted to combine them in the trays it would get messy and the sugar might not be fully dissolved. The measuring cylind
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