alleryStart learning →Swelling of hydrophilic colloids due to adsorption of water is known as what?
AImbibition
BGuttation
COsmosis
DPlasmolysis
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Imbibition
Imbibition is the swelling of hydrophilic colloids as they adsorb water without forming a solution.
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