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Winter 2024 Beet Lab
Table 1: Raw data table of Concentration of ethanol solutions (%) beet was submerged in
and respective pigment measurements by Vernier Colorimeter (absorbance) of alcohol
solutions after beets were submerged for ten minutes across five trials.
(Highlighted in red = outlier)
Concentratio Absorption Value (±0.001) (AU)
n of ethanol
solution (%) Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Trial 4 Trial 5
0 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01
20 0.05 0.028 0.024 0.033 0.143
40 0.088 0.09 0.09 0.084 0.083
60 0.16 0.127 0.041 0.114 0.107
80 0.147 0.153 0.166 0.171 0.186
100 0.236 0.233 0.24 0.245 0.210
Table 2: Processed data table of Average pigment of alcohol after beet submersion
measured by Vernier Colorimeter (absorbance) and standard deviation of pigment readings
across five trails.
Concentrati Absorption Value (±0.001) (AU) Average Standard
on of pigment deviation of
ethanol Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Trial 4 Trial 5 measured in pigment
solution sample reading
(%) (absorbance) (absorbance)
(±0.001)
(AU)
0 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.018 0.004
20 0.05 0.028 0.024 0.033 0.143 0.033 0.011
40 0.088 0.09 0.09 0.084 0.083 0.087 0.003
60 0.16 0.127 0.041 0.114 0.107 0.127 0.023
80 0.147 0.153 0.166 0.171 0.186 0.164 0.015
100 0.236 0.233 0.24 0.245 0.210 0.232
0.013
Table 3: Qualitative observations of ethanol solution and beet cubes before, during and
after the 10 min experiment.
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Before Experiment During Experiment After Experiment
Ethanol solution - 1 min - Pink color Ethanol solution
- No notable odor starts to leak out into - No notable odor
- Transparent the alcohol from the - Transparent
- Liquid beetroot - Tinted pink solution
- Room temperature - 2 min - the pink color - Liquid state
- Low viscosity is more concentrated - room temperature
in the solution and is - Low viscosity
Beet starting to mix with
- Red-pink, the alcohol Beet
- Opaque - 3 min - pink is still - smaller and softer
- Each approx 1cm3 increasing, no than before
- Earthy odor different changes experiment
- Solid state - 4 min - the pink color - Beetroot shriveled up
- Room temperature is deeper, still mixing after it was in contact
- Rigid with alcohol solution with alcohol solution
- Hard - 5 min - most of the - Red-pink,
dish has obtained the - Opaque
pink color from the - Earthy odor
beetroot. The solution - Solid state
is clear with the pink - Room temperature
color. - Pigment extracted by
- 6 min - the pink color ethanol
has spread to most of
the petri dish, and is
still a bright pink
- 7 min - the dish is
almost fully pink, and
the beetroot has
started to shrivel a bit
in the alcohol solution
- 8 min - the size of the
beetroots are smaller,
and the color has
become more
pronounced
- 9 min - the color is
brighter and the beets
are still in the
cylindrical shape
- 10 min - there is a
bright color of pink
mixed fully with the
alcohol in the dish,
and has not stained
the surface of the petri
dish.
Figure 1. The Effect of Varying Ethanol (CH3CH2OH) Solution Concentration Levels (0%,
20%, 40%, 60%, 80%, 100%) on Average Pigment Measured (Absorbance) through Vernier
Colorimeter Produced by Submersion of Beets in Solution for Ten Minutes
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