Groupprojectsbs17

Group B investigation

Additive

The additive used was icing sugar

Additive amounts

	Cobb Test	Hydrolysis	Strength Test
Amount of icing sugar (w/v)	0%, 0.4%, 0.8%,5%	0%,0.4%,0.8%,1.25%,2%,5%	0.8%,2.5%,5%

Cobb Test

Mean data

	0%	0.4%	0.8%	5%
Cobb Test time/min	10	10	10	10
Alginate adhered/g	0.53	1.11	0.13	0.09
Water absorbed/g	0.51	0.77	1.56	1.69
Water absorbed/ gm2	48.94	73.81	149.87	162.70
Standard error on absorbance	0.10	0.124	0.174	0.09

Hydrolysis

The hydrolysis was carried out for 15 minutes

Calcium uptake

	Control (0%)	0.4%	0.8%	1.25%	2%	5%
Calcium Uptake/ mmolL-1 ×104	2.25	2.77	2.25	2.97	2.42	1.20
Standard error on incorporation	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.05	0.01	0.02

Strength test of alginate membrane