In this experiment entitled “The effect of microwave radiation on the presence of vitamin C in Citrus aurantifolia.” discovered was the effects of exposure to radiation on the presence of ascorbic acid in limes. The lime juice was divided into 5 conditions each condition had of a certain amount of time that the juice would spend in the microwave, for instance one condition had 40 seconds, another had 80 seconds in the microwave, 160 seconds and the control with no exposure to the microwave. In order to carry out the experiment cornstarch was added, about .1 gram, the cornstarch served as an inhibitor making the ascorbic acid show when the IKI was added. The amount drops added was converted into milliliters, and by the data it can be determined that the hypothesis was approved. …show more content…
From the data table, it continues to support the hypothesis; the amount of drops that were added in the condition that didn’t spend any time in the microwave was more than the others. These two conditions show that as the increase of microwave radiation the goes up the less ascorbic acid is found due to the denaturing. With the data a positive correlation was shown the more drops added the more present the ascorbic acid, the less drops added the absent the ascorbic acid