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Why does osmolarity take into account both penetrating and non-penetrating solutes?
According to Wikipedia:
… osmolarity takes into account the total concentration of penetrating solutes and non-penetrating solutes, whereas tonicity takes into account the total concentration of non-...
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How to find osmolarity of a solution contatining salt and glucose?
What is the osmolarity of a solution that contains $4.00\%$ (m/v) $\ce{NaCl}$ $(M = \pu{58.44 g mol-1})$ and $3.00\%$ (m/v) glucose $(M = \pu{180.18 g mol-1})?$
I know you have to convert percentages ...
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Why does water diffuse from a lower solute concentration to a higher one?
I'm studying biology and this came up in the context of passive transport. I understand why, in general a gas moves down a concentration gradient (the random movement of gas particles and probability)....
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Osmolarity and osmotic pressure
You have discovered a new strain of bacteria called Tankeromyces subtilis that has a special outer membrane that is capable of withstanding high levels of osmotic pressure. These bacteria can survive ...
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