How does osmosis explain the fact that a watery syrup forms when you put sugar on strawberries?
Does the water in the strawberry cells rush out to the outside to dilute the sugar on the outside?
Bob Pursley has answered this question for you. I also answered it a couple of days ago in a little more detail; of course I don't know where that detailed explanation can be found today. BUT, you can go to the top of the page, type in strawberries or my name and the search box and look for the post a day or so old. Perhaps that will give some added insight.
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How does osmosis explain the fact that a watery syrup forms when you put sugar on strawberries?
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How does osmosis explain the fact that a watery syrup forms when you put sugar on strawberries?
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I'm sorry, but I cannot access or provide specific information about previous answers or comments. However, I can help you understand how osmosis explains the formation of a watery syrup when you put sugar on strawberries.
Osmosis is the process by which solvent molecules, in this case, water, move from an area of lower solute concentration to an area of higher solute concentration through a semi-permeable membrane. In the case of strawberries and sugar, the sugar acts as the solute, while the water is the solvent.
When you sprinkle sugar on strawberries, the sugar molecules dissolve in the water present in the strawberry cells and on the surface of the fruit. This creates a higher concentration of sugar outside the cells compared to inside the cells.
As a result, water from the cells moves out of the cells through osmosis to dilute the higher concentration of sugar outside. The water passing out of the cells mixes with the sugar, forming a watery syrup or solution. This process continues until equilibrium is reached, or there is an equal concentration of solute inside and outside the cells.
So, osmosis explains the formation of a watery syrup when sugar is put on strawberries by the movement of water from the cells to dilute the higher concentration of sugar on the surface.