Question

When we add sugar to water and put a plant or animal cell the cell shrinks the solution is called hypertonic solution.so if we add salt instead of sugar will it become a hypotonic solution ??

Answer 1

Dear student

Both salt and sugar are hypertonic solutions.
If we place a cell in hypertonic solution, the cell will shrink. It is because the movement of water takes place from lower solute concentration to higher solute concentration i.e from inside cell to outside in the sugar solution to attain equilibrium. It results in the shrinkage of cell.

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