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If you are provided with some vegetables to cook. You generally add salt into the vegetables during cooking process. After adding salt, vegetables release water. What mechanism is responsible for this?

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### Step-by-Step Solution: 1. **Understanding the Scenario**: When vegetables are cooked and salt is added, the vegetables release water. This is a common observation in cooking. 2. **Identifying the Mechanism**: The mechanism responsible for the release of water from the vegetables is known as **exosmosis**. 3. **Defining Exosmosis**: Exosmosis is the process where water moves out of a cell into the surrounding environment. This occurs due to differences in concentration. ...
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