Question

Reverse osmosis is a type of?

Answer 1

hey!!
we use RO's in our houses...to reverse the process of osmosis..
osmosis is the process of movement of solvent from higher concentration to lower concentration through a semipermeable membrane..


and reverse osmosis is the movement of solvent from lower to higher concentration through a semi permeable membrane..
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Answer 2

Osmosis, the spontaneous passage or diffusion of water or other solvents through a semipermeable membrane (one that blocks the passage of dissolved substances—i.e., solutes). The process, important in biology, was first thoroughly studied in 1877 by a German plant physiologist, Wilhelm Pfeffer.