A hypotonic solution has less than normal tension: hypo = less, and tonic = tonicity, the concentration of solute.
Examples of hypotonic solutions:
(1) Sports drinks that contain salts / electrolytes
(2) physiologically:
a. 0.45% NaCl (half-normal saline solution); since normal saline is 0.9% NaCl, any solution less than 9% is hypotonic
b. dextrose 2.5% in water
c. dextrose 2% in water
Example of hypotonic is the potato... 1ST thing you do is, prepared the test tube then add 200 ml of water,
slice the potato into 2 then put it on the test tube....observed in 30 min....
Another meaning of hypotonic relates to osmolarity. A solution lower in concentration of osmotically active particles (like salt minerals) than solution X is hypotonic relative to X (while X is hypertonic relative our solution).
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3% sodium chloride
5% sodium chloride
10% dextrose in water
5% dextrose in water
5% dextrose in .9% sodium chloride
5% dextrose in .45% sodium chloride
5% dextrose in ringer's lactate solution
Examples of hypertonic solution are: D5W, 3% Normal Saline, and 10% dextrose
Its all relative between 2 substances, but pure water is hypotonic in comparison with sea water because sea water has a higher concentration of solutes (the salt in this example) in it.
A salt water solution is hypertonic, especially if very concentrated salt water.
D5 Normal Saline/ D5W, 0.45% Normal Saline or 5%Dextrose in 1/2 Normal Saline, 0.2% Normal Saline. Hope i could help you. --freed
Corn syrup is a hypertonic solution.
1/2 Normal Saline solution
Anything above 0.9% saline solution would be HYPERtonic.
1/2 strength saline is 0.45% saline solution and is HYPOtonic.
Hypotonic Solution causes osmosis.
Let us put hypotonic into the mix. Hyper is more, hypo is less so that puts -tonic right in the middle, as a reference point. That reference point is also called equilibrium. When a solution contains more solute that it would normally contain at equilibrium it is hypertonic, and when a solution has dissolved in it less than the amount of solute that it would normally contain at equilibrium it is hypotonic.
A hypertonic Solution. a solution that has a greater concentration of water than the cell content is hypotonic, meaning there is less concentration of water inside the cell, which results in an increase or an expansion of the cell.
give an example of a solution that has 1 solvent and 2 solutes.
When referring to hypo, hyper, or isotonic solutions remember it is a comparison of one environment to another. A hypotonic solution is one that contains a low level of solute compared to the solvent. Water, via osmosis travels from an area of low solute concentration to an area of high solute concentration to achieve equilibrium. Plain water is hypotonic. The effect will differ depending upon a plant or animal cell. Hypotonic solutions usually push water into the cell. This is great for plant cells (thick cellulose membrane), but destructive for animal cells due to the thin cell wall.
Hypotonic is a concentration of less solutes compared to that of another solution.
Distilled water.
Hypotonic solution.The root "hypo" means "less", so since the solution has less solutes it takes the name hypotonic.
vinegar is a hypotonic solution if you would like an example take an egg and put it in to a glass of vinegar and the egg will swell.
Crenation is an example of osmosis. In this process, the cell distorts and shrinks after being placed in a hypotonic solution.
Hypotonic solution is a type of solution of higher concentration in relation to the solution with which it is been compared
Hypotonic Solution
it swells and burst
It is an example of hypotonic solution and the raisins will swell up.
A hypotonic solution is a solution with a lower salt concentration than in normal cells of the body and the blood.
hypotonic
When it is in a hypotonic solution such as distilled water.