Drinking Seawater: Is it Good or Bad to Us?

in science •  7 years ago  (edited)

More than 2/3rds of the earth is canvassed in water, yet just 2% of that water is unadulterated. As spotless drinking water turns out to be all the more rare, you perhaps pondering… What happens on the off chance that I drink seawater?


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First, we must look at how our bodies retain water. You may recall the procedure of Osmosis where water moves from a less focused solution for a more thought solution, through a semi penetrable layer. The cell's film enables water to go through, yet not the particles broke up in water, similar to salt. Typically the saltiness of water inside our cells is the same as the saltiness outside our cells. When you drink water, a concentration distinction happens. Water from the outside your cell moves inside to look after adjusting. This is called an isotonic state.


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When you drink excessively seawater, the saltiness outside your cells will increment quickly and the cells drive water particles out keeping in mind the end goal to reestablish harmony. So regardless of whether you are as of now got dehydrated, drinking ocean water will make your cells discharge more water and you will wind up peeing out more fluid than you take in.


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On the other hand in the event that you chug a monstrous measure of pure water, the correct inverse will happen. The saltiness outside your cells will diminish quickly and water will be constrained into your cells. This can make the cells swell and burst, which in outrageous cases prompts seizures, unconsciousness and in some cases demise! This would just happen if you somehow happened to chug 6 liters or more in a moment, however.


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So what would you be able to do on the off chance that you are stranded on an abandoned island with positively NO fresh water around? The least complex approach to remove fresh clean water from the sea is through desalination, which isolates the salt from the water. Keeping in mind the end goal to distill water, you should warm the ocean water so it evaporates, at that point trap the dissipated water vapor until the point that it cools and consolidates once again into fluid water. Kinda like the dampness on your washroom reflect after a hot shower. This dense water will be free of all salt and 100% safe to drink.


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We are slowly running out of fresh water if we don't start conserving today.
It is our duty to protect it for future generations.
We should conserve water.


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Desalination.

Noted sir.

Thanks for this informative post. I enjoy reading science-related posts because I can learn a lot. Now I know what to do when I got stranded on an abandoned island hehe.

Haha a good breakdown of osmosis! And yeah, bad bad bad idea :o

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