When connected metal plates are placed in a conducting solution, they form a simple electrolytic cell. The conducting solution allows ions to move between the plates, completing an electric circuit. This setup can be used for processes such as electroplating or electrolysis.
Cells can move sodium out of the cell using a protein called the sodium-potassium pump. This pump actively transports sodium ions out of the cell while bringing potassium ions into the cell, maintaining the proper balance of ions inside and outside the cell. This process requires energy in the form of ATP.
Hypertonic solution causes water to move out of a cell by creating a higher concentration of solutes outside the cell, leading to water leaving the cell in an attempt to balance the concentration gradient.
Sodium ions (Na+) and potassium ions (K+) move up their concentration gradients in the sodium-potassium pump. This pump helps maintain the cell's resting membrane potential by actively transporting three sodium ions out of the cell and two potassium ions into the cell for every ATP molecule used.
Sodium ions are primarily transported into the cell through the sodium-potassium pump, an active transport mechanism that utilizes ATP to move ions against their concentration gradient. Potassium ions move between red blood cells and plasma mainly through passive diffusion, where they move down their concentration gradient through specific channels in the cell membrane.
The solution is called isotonic when the cell is in equilibrium. This means that the concentration of solutes inside and outside the cell is the same, resulting in no net movement of water across the cell membrane.
Water moves out of the cell in hypertonic solution.
Sodium ions move toward the cathode in an aqueous solution during electrolysis. This is because the cathode is negatively charged, attracting the positively charged sodium ions.
When connected metal plates are placed in a conducting solution, they form a simple electrolytic cell. The conducting solution allows ions to move between the plates, completing an electric circuit. This setup can be used for processes such as electroplating or electrolysis.
dissociating into their component ions when they are dissolved in water. This process separates the positively and negatively charged ions, allowing them to move freely in the solution.
Cells can move sodium out of the cell using a protein called the sodium-potassium pump. This pump actively transports sodium ions out of the cell while bringing potassium ions into the cell, maintaining the proper balance of ions inside and outside the cell. This process requires energy in the form of ATP.
Hypotonic.
The charge of the cell would repel similar charged ions and attract opposite charged ions. For example, if a cell is positively charged, it would repel positive ions and attract negative ions
Hypertonic solution causes water to move out of a cell by creating a higher concentration of solutes outside the cell, leading to water leaving the cell in an attempt to balance the concentration gradient.
If a cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, water will move out of the cell causing it to shrink or shrivel. In a hypotonic solution, water will move into the cell causing it to swell or burst. In an isotonic solution, there will be no net movement of water and the cell will remain the same.
The sodium-potassium pump is a protein in the cell membrane that uses energy to move sodium ions out of the cell and potassium ions into the cell. This helps maintain the balance of ions inside and outside the cell, which is important for proper cell function.
Hypotonic solution. Water will move into the cell, possibly causing it to swell and burst (lyse).