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  4. After removing the hard shell of an egg by dissolving in dil HC1, a semipermeable membrane is visible. If such an egg is kept in a saturated solution of common salt, the size of the egg will

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Q. After removing the hard shell of an egg by dissolving in dil HC1, a semipermeable membrane is visible. If such an egg is kept in a saturated solution of common salt, the size of the egg will

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Solution:

During osmosis, solvent flows from the solution of lower concentration to the solution of higher concentration. Since saturated solution of common salt has higher concentration than solution of $ \text{NaCl,} $ solvent flows outside from the egg and the size of the egg will shrink.