Molarity Of Aspirin

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Plants face many challenges from the environment such as temperature fluctuations and weather impact causing stress to the plant. The oxidative state of a plant helps face its abiotic and biotic stresses. That is because plant hormones such as salicylic acid affects a plant’s nutrient uptake, water intake and regulates photosynthesis. Aspirin is a type of acetylsalicylic acid and has only a low concentrations of salicylic acid since a high amount can be harmful and hazardous in the body (Owen, 2011). Aspirin, also known as acetylsalicylic acid was invented by Felix Hoffman. In 1543 BC, Egyptians would use willow bark, which contained salicylic acid, which an acid that is an ingredient of aspirin, that is used as a remedy for pain or fevers. Aspirin is a well-known home remedy that helps …show more content…

To have accurate data, it was best to test how the plant would be affected at a variety of different molarities. Molarity is the number of moles of solute dissolved in one liter of solution. Moles are the measure of the amount of material in a solution while molarity measures the concentration of material (Dulai, 2006). The different molarities shows how active the molecules in the solution of aspirin water is. One molar solution (1 M) is the molecular weight of the compound in grams dissolved in a solvent to measure one liter. Molar concentrations tells one of the volume of the solution and the moles or mass of the solute (Khan Academy, 2016). This allows the plant to be in contrasting environments. The dependent variable is the height of the the lima bean and wheat seed plant when finished growing. This will be measured using a ruler in centimeters to allow accurate data points. This is what shows the effects of the different molarity levels on the different type of plants of wheat or lima bean. The taller plant results in a better reaction to the molarity of aspirin

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