What will happen to the mass of the egg place in corn syrup? Will it gain or lose wight due to osmosis?
If an egg is placed in corn syrup, it will lose weight due to osmosis.
Osmosis is the movement of solvent (water) molecules from an area of lower solute concentration to an area of higher solute concentration through a semipermeable membrane. In this case, the egg has a higher solute concentration than the corn syrup.
Corn syrup is a hypertonic solution, meaning it has a higher solute concentration compared to the egg. As a result, water molecules from inside the egg (where solute concentration is relatively lower) would move out of the egg through the semipermeable membrane to the area of higher solute concentration, which is the corn syrup solution.
This loss of water will cause the egg to shrink and lose weight as the water content inside the egg decreases. Therefore, the mass of the egg will decrease when placed in corn syrup due to osmosis.