Chemiluminescent Detection of Diffusion
This activity engages students in observing the results of diffusion through a selectively permeable membrane, monitoring the concentration of solute in water, learning the simple test for starch, and quantitating the chemiluminescence by exposure to photographic paper. 

Appropriate Level: High School

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Contributed by:
Evelyn Bradshaw
Cleveland Heights High School, Cleveland, OH

Frontiers in Physiology 1995 Summer Research Teacher

Research Host:  Joseph LaManna, Ph.D.
Case Western Reserve University

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