The purpose of this experiment is to observe and quantify the change in dissolved oxygen transfer out of supersaturated water that is subject to slight aeration under a partial vacuum.
The flow of air into the container is regulated by a rotameter that takes either lab air or room air. Originally, lab air was being used; however, later experiments involve detaching the air inflow tube into the rotameter and allowing air to be sucked into the apparatus as it would be through the holes in the actual pipe. After the water is aerated under partial vacuum for a period of time, the apparatus is again exposed to atmospheric pressure and data is recorded in the same manner as mentioned before.