Osmotic Pressure - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: osmotic pressureosmotic pressure
The pressure which a solution of a substance in a liquid exerts on a semipermeable membrane through which the solvent can diffuse but the dissolved substance the solute cannot diffuse when separated across the membrane from the pure solvent In general the osmotic pressure will depend almost proportionally up to certain concentrations upon the molal concentration of the solute...
hypertonic
Having a higher osmotic pressure than a comparison solution of an aqueous solution Increasing the concentration of dissolved solids increases the osmotic pressure and thus the tonicity of a solution Opposite of hypotonic and contrasting with isotonic...
isosmotic
having the same or equal osmotic pressure isotonic used of solutions Contrasted with hypertonic and hypotonic...
osmograph
An instrument for recording the height of the liquid in an endosmometer or for registering osmotic pressures...
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