Tag: osmosis

Do you add salt to water before boiling your rice to increase the boiling point of the water and make the rice cook quicker? WRONG! This is because the salt reduces the osmotic pressure between the boiling water and the rice which means less water passes through to the rice. Simply stated when there is a semipermeable membrane between two solutions (the skin of the rice) water passes from the weaker solution to the stronger one in an attempt to make the strengths equal. Adding salt increases the Read more [...]