Chapter: Plant Water Relation· Biology

Name the process in which swelling of hydrophilic colloids occur due to adsorption of water.

Q.2 (ii) Name the process in which swelling of hydrophilic colloids occur due to adsorption of water.

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Answer: Imbibition.

Example: swelling of dry seeds or of wooden doors in the rainy season.

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