Hypotonic Solution

Hypotonic solution

A hypotonic solution is a solution in which the concentration of solutes is lower and the concentration of solvent (water) is higher compared to another solution. This solution has a lower osmotic pressure.

Osmotic pressure depends on the concentration of dissolved particles. The higher the concentration, the higher the osmotic pressure.

A hypotonic solution has fewer dissolved particles and more water molecules compared to another solution. This causes the osmotic pressure of the hypotonic solution to be lower.

Hypotonic solutions are often used in medicine. For example, saline is hypotonic to blood. When such a solution is administered intravenously, the concentrations are equalized due to the movement of water from the solution into the blood. This helps replenish circulating blood volume when dehydrated.

Hypotonic solutions (hyperosmotic solutions) are solutions that contain less solvent than the ideal (theoretical) volume required to dissolve a given amount of solute. Solutions that have a greater solvent content (sometimes called excess) than is theoretically needed for that solute are called hypertensive. A chemical reaction occurs in the presence of a solvent - water or other mixed liquids. Under standard conditions, the solvents are water and non-aqueous liquids - chloroform, acetone, benzene, etc. Adding a large amount of solvent to a particular substance allows not only to speed up the reaction itself by thousands, tens and even hundreds of times, but also to make it more complete.

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