what did this happen?

Question

a kid left a crisp, fresh stalk of celery in the freezer overnight. when he took the celery out the next morning, the stalk was mushy and limp. why did this happen?

Answer 1

the water expanded and lysed the celery cells, breaking down their cell structure and thus rigidity

Answer 2

Well actually how would the celery get mushy from being in the freezer. I thought that when stuff is in the freezer it like gets hard not soft and mushy. When stuff has been sitting out for awhile then it gets soft. But celery never gets mushy. So to tell you the truth I do not know why this situation happened,

Answer 3

Celery is composed primarily of water. When you freeze it, the water molecules start to expand as ice takes up more mass than liquid water. this expansion will rupture the cell walls within the celery and as such the water is not contained within cells, but rather leeches out to make the celery feel 'soggy' when it is defrosted.

That is why fruits and veg with high water content do not freeze well. The same thing happens with stuff like cucumber, strawberries etc.

Answer 4

Ice crystals form in the water that is contained in the celery. The needle-like crystals perforate the walls of the cells, so that when the celery is thawed, the cell contents leak out and the cells collapse.

Answer 5

the plant cells freeze and bust hence..wimpy celery

Answer 6

the freezing cold temp caused it to die and limp away!

Answer 7

I GOT NO CLUE

Answer 8

no idea

Answer 9

dunno, dunt care!!!!!!!! why does that matter!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 10

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