What is osmotic presure?
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Osmotic presure
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.
●Osmotic pressure is the force caused by a solution passing through a semi permeable surface by osmosis, which is equal to the force required to resist the solution from passing back through the surface. An example of osmotic pressure is the process to filter water.
●Osmotic pressure is of vital importance in biology as the cell's membrane is selective toward many of the solutes found in living organisms. When a cell is placed in a hypertonic solution, water actually flows out of the cell into the surrounding solution thereby causing the cells to shrink and lose its turgidity.