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What is most likely to happen to a cell that's placed in pure water​

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osmosis will not occur

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No osmosis occurs. Red blood cells placed in a solution with a higher water concentration compared to their contents (e.g pure water) will gain water by osmosis, swell up and burst. Water will diffuse from a higher water concentration outside the cell to a lower water concentration inside the cell.

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