purpose of placing gelatin inside the artificial membrane?

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purpose of placing gelatin inside the artificial membrane?

2007-09-03 00:59:56 · 1 answers · asked by eis-arr d 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany

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If you are doing an experiment to show how the plasma membrane works (diffusion and osmosis), the gelatin simulates the cytoplasm inside the cell. The gelatin has a fairly high concentration of water, but it contains other components, so it isn't 100% water.

2007-09-03 07:14:29 · answer #1 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋