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A bottle filled with previously moistened mustard seeds and water was screw capped tightly and kept in a corner. It blew up suddenly after about half an hour. The phenomenon involved is

A

Diffusion

B

Osmosis

C

Anaerobic respiration

D

lmbibition

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D
IF certain substances of examples seeds are dropped in water, within a few hour they absorbs the water and weell up considerably. These substances are called imbibants and the phonomenon is known as imbibition. The blast occurred due to increasing imbibitional pressure whose magnitude is extremely high.
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