Change in mass
What Change in mass means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Found by subtracting the original mass from the final mass, where a positive change is a gain and a negative change is a loss.
Calculated for each piece from the initial and final masses, and plotted against concentration to interpret the graph.
Worked out by subtracting the initial mass from the final mass before dividing by the time taken.
Topics that use Change in mass
- Osmosis (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Cell turgor and plasmolysis
- Concentration gradient
- Control variables
- Independent and dependent variables
- Interpreting trends and intercepts
- Line or curve of best fit
- Original mass
- Percentage
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