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11 September 2024

  • curprev 05:5305:53, 11 September 2024 imported>Scrooge Mcduc 10,589 bytes +10,589 That's not why osmosis happens. Even in the picture there is clearly more water on the side that osmosis is pushing water into. The actual cause is an entropic effect of pressure balancing the chemical potential loss RTln(mole fraction of solvent) caused by adding solute.