Factors Affecting Rates of Starch

I. Introduction:
On Monday, October 20th, 2003 the Factors Affecting Rates of Starch
Hydrolysis Lab was performed. The purpose of the experiment was to learn how to determine the chromatic time which is the time in seconds that it takes for given amount of starch to be hydrolyzed to the point where the iodine test stops giving a color change. The hypothesis for this experiment was that by performing the experiment the way it is suppose to be done and definite stop in the iodine test will occur where the color stops changing.
There are many components and elements that are involved with starch hydrolysis. Enzymes are biological catalysts that are usually proteins that are capable speeding up certain chemical reactions in cells. They do that by lowering the required activation energy but in the same process not changing itself. The shape of enzyme is very important in its function. An enzyme consists of different parts. There is the apoenzyme, which is the inactive protein ...