In making a pickle, a cucumber is placed in a strong salt solution. Explain what happenes?
The water in the pickle migrates into the saline solution by way of osmotic action through the semi-permiable membrane in the pickle's skin. If you were to put the pickle in distilled water, the pickle may swell from reverse osmotic action. Anytime where osmotic action is possible, the purer water will migrate into the more saline solution until equilibrium is reached. The same thing happens when you stay in the tub too long. Your fingers turn into "prunes." But this doesn't happen in the ocean because the saline balance is close to your own body.
Making pickles a cucumber is placed in a strong salt solution. Explain what happens.?
The process is called osmotic equilibrium. The skin of the cucumber acts as a semi-permeable membrane. The salt concentration on either side moves towards equilibrium. Salt moves in from the outside, and water moves out from the inside. The system is move towards a point where the salt concentration is equivalent in the pickle solution and in the pickle.
In making pickles, a cucumber is placed in a strong salt solution. explain what happens?
Uh,I would say this is more of a Bio. question,I'm not exactly sure what you're asking so I'm sorry If I misinterpret your question. Plasmolysis occurs,this occurs when the water concentration gradient in the surrounding solution is lower then that of the cell.Water leaves the cell through osmosis,causing the cytoplasm to pull away from the cell wall,the cell also decreases in size,thus the cucumber would shrink.
Explain the role of osmosis in making pickles.?
to make pickles you put cucumbers in salt water for over 2 weeks... in that amount of time the high concentration of salt of the salt water and the low concentration of salt inside the cucumber need to even each other out so through osmosis the salt diffuses through the membrane...and there you have a pickle!
How do you make pickles. and explain the role of osmosis of making pickles.?
Osmosis is a type of diffusion involving water molecules and a semi-permeable membrane. They move from areas of "high water concentration", such as dilute solutions of say, sugar, to areas of "low water concentration", such as concentrated solutions of sugar, until there is an equal concentration of water molecules on both sides. Dry-salted Pickles Salt has two effects when added to fruit or vegetables. Firstly it draws water from them by the process of osmosis. Secondly, the salt in the resultant brine triggers the fermentation process of the lactic bacteria. The resultant fermentation tends to be bacteriologically complex and delivers a particularly rich range of complex flavours. In Europe and North America, the most common dry-cured pickle is sauerkraut (or choucroute, if you prefer), a pickled, white cabbage. Brine-based Pickles Like dry-salting, brine-pickling works by a combination of osmosis and awakening lactic fermentation. In practice, many pickles which should traditionally be brine-fermented include vinegar at varying proportions in their pickling medium.
Does anyone know how you make pickles using salt water instead of vinegar?
saltwater pickles with dill Ingredients 4 1/2 lbs cucumbers 6 quarts boiling water , divided 2 1/2 tablespoons salt 2 slices rye bread 8 sprigs dill Directions 1Wash 3 " cucumbers in hot water then cold water. Cut the ends off each cucumber and mark each with 3 small slits. Set aside in a large mixing bowl. 2Fill both saucepans with water and add salt to larger pan. 3When they both come to a boil, pour the 2 quarts over the cucumbers in the mixing bowl. 4Turn the heat off the 4 quarts of water. 5Put a slice of bread in the bottom of a 6 quart jar and add 2 sprigs of dill. 6Carefully fit in 1/3 of the cukes at time, with 2 sprigs dill between each layer;top with other slice bread. 7Pour other pan water, now cooled down a bit, into cukes. 8Cover with a plate. Keep jar in a warm place for 3 days. 9Pickles should be dark green and salty. 10Drain water into mixing bowl; discard dill and bread; pour water and cukes back into jar; refrigerate and serve cold.
Will pickles make you pee?
My daughter (3 yrs. old) just started eating alot of pickles within the last week and she spends 40% of her day in the potty. Just curious if this has something to do with the pickles.