what will happen when human RBCs are placed in distilled water give reason for your answer
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The distilled water outside the red blood cell, since it is 100% water and no salt, is hypotonic (it contains less salt than the red blood cell) to the red blood cell. The red blood cell will gain water, swell ad then burst. The bursting of the red blood cell is called hemolysis.
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The distilled water outside the red blood cell, since it is 100% water and no salt, is hypotonic (it contains less salt than the red blood cell) to the red blood cell. The red blood cell will gain water, swell ad then burst. The bursting of the red blood cell is called hemolysis.
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Distilled water on the other hand is hypotonic to red blood cells. The red blood cell will therefore swell and haemoglobin, containing the haem that gives the red colour to erythrocytes, leaks from the cell resulting in a transparent red-pink-coloured solution.
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