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11 January, 16:55

Sterile water is added to 2 grams of sodium chloride to make 100ml of solution.

a. whay is the concentration (stated as percent) ?

b. is the solution hopotonic or hypertonic to human cells?

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  1. 11 January, 18:04
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    2 % of NaCl concentration

    The solution is hypertonic to human cells

    Explanation:

    % Concentration = (g solute / g solution) * 100

    Therefore

    % Concentration of NaCl = (2 g NaCl / 100 g solution) * 100

    The concentration of the solution equals 2 %

    Isotonic solutions for human red cells have a concentration of 0.9 % of NaCl. A concentration of 2 % of NaCl is above 0.9 %, so the solution is hypertonic, since you have more concentration of solute (NaCl) outside the cell, than inside the cell (inside the side you have only 0.9 % NaCl). So the cell will shrink.
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