You can drink tap water containing table salt but sea water which also contains salt is considered unfit for drinking. what could be the reason behind it?
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If you're consuming seawater, the results of osmosis are spectacularly disastrous. Remember the salinity of seawater is almost four times that of our bodily fluids. If gone unchecked, the net transfer of water from the inside of your cells to the outside will cause the cells to shrink considerably -- and shrinkage is never good.
Unless you drink a lot of freshwater, the body's regulatory mechanism in this situation is potentially fatal. With seawater, the change in sodium concentration outside our cells is the main culprit. In order to regain an isotonic state, a must for cell survival, the body attempts to eliminate the excess sodium from its extracellular fluids. It secretes urine. However, human kidneys can only produce urine that's slightly less salty than saltwater. So, in order to remove the extreme amount of sodium taken in by saltwater, we urinate more water than we actually drank. And dehydration sets in.
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If you're consuming seawater, the results of osmosis are spectacularly disastrous. Remember the salinity of seawater is almost four times that of our bodily fluids. If gone unchecked, the net transfer of water from the inside of your cells to the outside will cause the cells to shrink considerably -- and shrinkage is never good.
Unless you drink a lot of freshwater, the body's regulatory mechanism in this situation is potentially fatal. With seawater, the change in sodium concentration outside our cells is the main culprit. In order to regain an isotonic state, a must for cell survival, the body attempts to eliminate the excess sodium from its extracellular fluids. It secretes urine. However, human kidneys can only produce urine that's slightly less salty than saltwater. So, in order to remove the extreme amount of sodium taken in by saltwater, we urinate more water than we actually drank. And dehydration sets in.
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In sea water the concentration of the sea water is very much higher than the table salt solution in fresh water that leads to death of cell due to osmosis.
Explanation:
Human can get rid of slightly high amount of salt from the blood with the help of kidneys and ultimately remove from the body of an individual. Table salt with fresh water has very low amount of salt that can easily remove from the body.
However, The sea water contains huge amount of salt in it that can cause salinity of the blood which cause water to move out of the cell which leads to the cells die due to the process of osmosis.
Thus, the correct answer is - In sea water the concentration of the sea water is very much higher than the table salt solution in fresh water that leads to death of cell due to osmosis.
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