Question

What happens when red blood cell is placed in distilled water?

Answer 1

If a red blood cell is placed in water, water enters the cell by osmosis. Because the membrane is quite weak the cell will burst as the volume and therefore the pressure in the cell increases. Red blood cells shrink when placed in concentrated solutions of sugar as water moves out of them by osmosis

Answer 2

when red blood cell is placed distilled water which is hypnotic compared to the solution contained within the cell membrane the distilled water was diffuse into the RBC and cause them to brust