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Red blood cells that are bathed in blood neither shrink nor swell and burst. If the concentration of blood is 0.5 M, what could be the concentration of cytoplasm of RBCs?
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Red blood cells that are bathed in blood neither shrink nor swell and burst. If the concentration of blood is 0.5 M, what could be the concentration of cytoplasm of RBCs?

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0.5. This is because if the cells have not swollen or shrunk then the water potential (and therefore amount of solute) inside and surrounding the cell must be equal.


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