Chapter 5.3, Problem 2CC

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The direction in which water will move if the concentration of the solute inside the cells is 0.3 M and outside the cell is 0.2 M.

Introduction:

Solute concentration is defined as the number of osmoles of solutes dissolved in one liter of the solvent. The measure of solute concentration is known as osmolarity. Whereas, osmotic pressure is the pressure created by the flow of solution across a semipermeable membrane.