When red blood cells are placed in distilled water, which is hypotonic compared to the solution contained within the cells' membranes, the distilled water will diffuse into the red blood cells and cause them to burst. Placing red blood cells in any solution which contains a lesser degree of solute than that of the solution within the cells will cause water to diffuse into them.
A red blood cell placed into a container of distilled water will gain water via osmosis.
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Osmosis means the movement of water or a solution through lower concentration to higher concentration.
When a red blood cell is placed in water, the water will enter into the cell and the cell will be burst, because the concentration of water is lower than that of the cell.
Thus, here osmosis take place.
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