Define osmotic pressure. How is the osmotic pressure related to the concentration of a solute in a solution ?
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the pressure that would have to be applied to a pure solvent to prevent it from passing into a given solution by osmosis, often used to express the concentration of the solution.Osmosis is simply the flow of solvent molecules through a semipermeable membrane from higher solvent concentration to lower solvent concentration. ... The presence of solute molecules on one side of the membrane causes fewer water molecules on the solute side to approach (and cross) the membrane from that side.
Osmosis is the movement of water from an area of low concentration of solute to an area of higher concentration of solute. A solute is atoms, ions, or molecules dissolved in a liquid. The rate of osmosis is determined by the total number of particles dissolved in the solution.