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minus-square@Chrobin@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink6•1 year agoI had to derive osmotic pressure for my statistical mechanics exam in my bachelor’s. So in what sense don’t we know?
minus-square@Dogyote@slrpnk.netlinkfedilink6•1 year agoWe don’t know what molecular mechanism creates the pressure.
minus-square@OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.mllinkfedilink4•1 year agoIsn’t it just water carrying stuff across a concentration gradient?
minus-square@Dogyote@slrpnk.netlinkfedilink2•1 year agoNo? Water can’t carry anything across the membrane.
minus-square@OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.mllinkfedilink1•1 year agoOh. Then how does the stuff get across the membrane? Does the membrane allow stuff to move over a concentration gradient without the water?
minus-square@Dogyote@slrpnk.netlinkfedilink1•1 year agoWater can move freely across the membrane, but the stuff that’s dissolved in the water cannot move across the membrane.
No one really knows how osmosis works.
I had to derive osmotic pressure for my statistical mechanics exam in my bachelor’s. So in what sense don’t we know?
We don’t know what molecular mechanism creates the pressure.
Isn’t it just water carrying stuff across a concentration gradient?
No? Water can’t carry anything across the membrane.
Oh. Then how does the stuff get across the membrane? Does the membrane allow stuff to move over a concentration gradient without the water?
Water can move freely across the membrane, but the stuff that’s dissolved in the water cannot move across the membrane.