THE EFFECT OF PARTICULATE MATTER ON THE ABILITY OF ICE NUCLEATING PROTEIN TO FREEZE WATER
By Daniel S '02
The purpose of these experiments is to determine if particulate matter affects the ability of Ice Nucleating Protein to freeze water. To carry out the experiment microplates covered in alluminum foil were used. The microplates were then filled with three drops of a solution. One solution was plain distilled water. The second was distilled water with three to four granules of Ice nucleating Protein. The third was distilled water, Ice Nucleating Protein and particulate matter. The microplates were then put into freezer to see which froze the fastest. In the second experiment three test tubes filled with the different solutions wereput into the freezer to see which lost the mostamount of heat after one hour.
It was found in the first experiment, that the microplate containing both particulate matter and ice nucleating protein, froze the fastest In the second experiment it was found that the test tube containing both particulate matter and Ice Nucleating Protein froze the fastest. Therefore my hypothesis is accepted.