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ISBN: 9781938168116

Author: Samantha Fowler, Rebecca Roush, James Wise

Publisher: OpenStax College

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In simple words, osmosis is the slow, gradual movement of a liquid through a membrane. But there are nuances to this process. For instance, there has to be an imbalance in the distribution of solute in the liquid on either side of the membrane, which has…

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Chapter 3, Problem 13RQ

The principal force driving movement in diffusion is______.

a. temperature

b. particle size

c. concentration gradient

d. membrane surface area

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