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Osmosis

Osmosis is the diffusion of water across a partially permeable membrane from a dilute solution (high concentration of water/high water potential) to a concentrated solution (low concentration of water/low water potential).

Partially permeable membrane

Partially permeable membrane

  • A partially permeable membrane allows water through, but won't let larger molecules dissolved in water pass through.
Water movement

Water movement

  • Water will move to make the concentrations the same on both sides of the membrane:
    • When there are lots of water molecules (in a dilute solution) on one side of a partially permeable membrane, but not many on the other side (in a concentrated solution), water will move from the dilute to the concentrated solution.
Net movement of water

Net movement of water

  • It is important to remember that water molecules will move through the membrane in both directions, but the net (overall) movement of water will be from the dilute solution to a concentrated solution.
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