What happens when a peice of potato is placed in hypertonic solution?

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What happens when a peice of potato is placed in hypertonic solution?

2006-10-28 06:57:24 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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It shrivels up.
Much like a pickle.
The water in the cells comes out due to osmosis.

2006-10-28 07:00:20 · answer #1 · answered by The Cheminator 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

plasmolysis occurs and the in cells of potato cytoplasm pulls away from cell wall because water moves out due to osmosis as water concentration is higher inside the potato
In Total, it shrinks

2006-10-28 08:57:25 · answer #2 · answered by Fatima A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋