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When kept in water, raisin swells in size. Name and explain the phenomenon involved with the help of a diagram. Give thre applications of the phenomenon.

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The walls of raisin (partically dried grapes) conssist of semipermeable membrane. When kept in water, they swell as concentration inside raisin is high. The phenomenon is called 'osmosis'.
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