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Phenomena and Processes [G] » Chemical Phenomena [G02] » Permeability » Osmotic Pressure
Description
The pressure required to prevent the passage of solvent through a semipermeable membrane that separates a pure solvent from a solution of the solvent and solute or that separates different concentrations of a solution. It is proportional to the osmolality of the solution. MeSH
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