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Grade 12th pass9 grade science

32. Why does the skin of your finger shrink when you wash clothes for a long time?

Profile image of Harshit Singh
5 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Pawan Prajapati
5 Years ago
The skin of our finger shrinks when we wash clothes for a long time due to the process of osmosis. In this, the moisture present inside our fingers flows out due to the presence of hypertonic solution of detergent water. This causes our skin to shrink.