what happens when a raw mango placed in concentrated salt solution
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As the concentration of salt inside raw mango is less, the solvent starts flowing from inside the mango to the salt solution outside to equate both the concentration. In simple terms, pure water and salted water if kept separated by a semi permeable membrane, water flows from pure side to concentrated side.
It would shrink!
The reason is Osmotic Pressure.
The osmotic pressure of a solution is directly proportional to it’s concentration.
As the concentration of salt inside raw mango is less, the solvent starts flowing from inside the mango to the salt solution outside to equate both the concentration.
In simple terms, pure water and salted water if kept separated by a semi permeable membrane, water flows from pure side to concentrated side.
So water inside mango decreases and thus the mango shrinks.
Hope you understand this