Absorbtion, generally of water, and usually by plants.
Imbibition
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Imbibition
Imbibition
Imbibition is the process where seeds absorb water to initiate germination. This process helps in softening the seed coat, triggering metabolic activities, and allowing the seedling to emerge from the seed.
cooking of rice, frying fish
Imbibition deals with the displacement of fluids primarily by colloidal structures. The degree of displacement is dependent on the matrix structure of the colloid and the mutual affinity with the liquid. Germination of plant seeds is a good example of imbibition, but doesn't deal with living cells directly. In living human cells, imbibition by definition has limited occurrence with the best example being a skin graft. The grafted skin takes in oxygen and nutrients by way of imbibition until normal vascular pathways can be established. Other transport methods involving membrane permeability are more pertinent to cellular structures within the human body. Hope this helps.
Agar does not exhibit syneresis (syneresis is the expulsion of liquid from a gel) but it can imbibe water (imbibition is the process of absorbing water). Agar is commonly used as a solidifying agent in microbiology and food industries due to its ability to absorb water and form a gel.
The first stage of plant germination is seed imbibition, which is when the seed absorbs water and swells up. This process begins the activation of enzymes that break down stored nutrients in the seed to provide energy for the germinating seedling.
Germination of the seed causes changes within the seed coat which allows for massive absorption of water via imbibition.
(final seed-initial gram of the seed)/initial gram o the seed x 100%
It undergoes imbibition if it is hydrophilic in nature but if its not it simply looks bigger due to refraction of light.and its refracted to our eyes,