What happens when a cell is placed in a hypertonic, hypotonic and isotonic solution?
The hypertonic solution has higher concentration of solutes than cells. while the hypotonic solution contains lower concentration solutes as compared to cells. When cells and solutions have equal concentration of solutes, then they are called isotonic solutions. When living cells are placed in a hypertonic solution, the cell will gain solvent when placed in hypotonic solution due to endosmosis. There is no loss or gain (net gain zero) when a cell is placed in an isotonic solution.
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