File talk:0307 Osmosis.jpg

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Factual correctness disputed

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  • Membrane not enclosed/covered equally on both sides. When the membrane has a larger interface to air on one side the system is not able to maintain the same difference in hydrostatic levels as it would in a system where the membrane is fully covered by solvent on both sides.
  • Equilibrium state of an osmotic depends on equality of solvents chemical potential (which includes contribution from hydrostatic pressure) - not on solute concentration alone as suggested by this diagram. Just consider pure solvent on one side - if solute concentration would be the only driving force, all water would end up on the solute containing side, leaving the left side empty.

--Burkhard (talk) 20:37, 8 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

the original discussion is here --Ghilt (talk) 14:38, 14 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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