Milk Fat Experiment Essay

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Title
What is the effect of temperature on the milk fat mass from cream?
Purpose
The purpose of this experiment was to explore how changes in temperature affect the amount of milk fat that is formed from heavy cream.
Background Information
In this research project, the effect of temperature on the milk fat mass from cream will be determined. Through prior knowledge, it is understood that heating or cooling any liquid substance can change its physical and chemical state. It is understood by most that butter can be made by a separation of milk fat and the butter, a term most commonly used as “churning”. In the experiment the cream will be shaken in order to generate a distinct separation of milk fat and butter.
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The jar was weighed again without the liquid portion
14. Results were recorded
15. All steps were repeated for all 3 temperatures (7°C, 13°C, 18°C)
The data results show a few different things visually from the graphs. One thing shown by the data collected was that the cream at 13° C produced the least amount of milk fat from cream. When the temperature was increased from the control (13°C) by 5 degrees the line rose, therefore indicating an increase of milk fat mass. When the temperature was decreased by 5 degrees from the control, the line rose more than the warmer temperature, indicating an even larger increase. In essence, the control produced the least amount of milk fat compared to the colder and warmer temperatures.

Conclusion
In this experiment the effect of temperature on milk fat mass from cream was explored. The temperature that produced the most amount of milk fat from cream was the coldest temperature, being 7°C, which also refutes the hypothesis. According to the data the highest amount of milk fat produced was 74.4 grams, composed by the lowest temperature 7°C. The data table also presents that the lowest temperature produced the highest amount of milk fat because the highest point on the line graph falls under the temperature of 7°C. Cold temperatures may produce higher amounts of milk fat because if heat is added the cream/milk is denatured, or out of normal course causing the cream to not produce as much milk fat as it could with cooler

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