Osmosis (/ɒzˈmoʊsɪs/, US also /ɒs-/) is the spontaneous net movement or diffusion of solvent molecules through a selectively-permeable membrane from a...
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Reverse osmosis (RO) is a water purification process that uses a semi-permeable membrane to separate water molecules from other substances. RO applies...
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Osmosis Jones is a 2001 American live-action/animated buddy cop comedy film written by Marc Hyman. Combining live-action sequences directed by the Farrelly...
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Social osmosis is the indirect infusion of social or cultural knowledge. Effectively, social content is diffused, and by happenstance, authentic experience...
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Look up osmosis, osmose, or osmotic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Osmosis is the movement of molecules through a membrane. Osmosis may also refer...
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Forward osmosis (FO) is an osmotic process that, like reverse osmosis (RO), uses a semi-permeable membrane to effect separation of water from dissolved...
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Osmosis (also known as Treasure Trove) is a solitaire game played with a deck of 52 playing cards. The object, like many solitaire games, is to put the...
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A reverse osmosis plant is a manufacturing plant where the process of reverse osmosis takes place. Reverse osmosis is a common process to purify or desalinate...
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chemistry, electro-osmotic flow (EOF, hyphen optional; synonymous with electro-osmosis or electro-endosmosis) is the motion of liquid induced by an applied potential...
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Desalination (section Osmosis)
of distillation) or membrane-based methods (e.g. in the case of reverse osmosis) energy types.: 24 An estimate in 2018 found that "18,426 desalination...
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Osmosis is a French science fiction television series created by Audrey Fouché. The first season, consisting of eight episodes, was released on 29 March...
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the measure of the tendency of a solution to take in its pure solvent by osmosis. Potential osmotic pressure is the maximum osmotic pressure that could...
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Passive transport (section Osmosis)
transport are simple diffusion, facilitated diffusion, filtration, and/or osmosis. Passive transport follows Fick's first law. Diffusion is the net movement...
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Pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) is a technique to separate a solvent (for example, fresh water) from a solution that is more concentrated (e.g. sea water)...
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The American live-action/animated 2001 film Osmosis Jones features a variety of fictional characters created by Marc Hyman. It followed up with American...
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Osmose Productions (redirect from Osmosis Records)
Osmose Productions is a French independent record label created in 1991 by Hervé Herbaut, after he had spent three years running a small mail order company...
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She (Didn't Remember My Name) (redirect from Osmosis (band))
"She (Didn't Remember My Name)" is a song and the debut single by Osmosis. It is the English version of "Vado Via" by Drupi. The song peaked at number...
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Osmosis Jones: Music from the Motion Picture is the soundtrack album to the 2001 film Osmosis Jones. It was released on August 7, 2001 through Atlantic/Warner...
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Large intestine (redirect from Standing gradient osmosis)
against a transmucosal osmotic pressure gradient. The standing gradient osmosis is the reabsorption of water against the osmotic gradient in the intestines...
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Semipermeable membrane (section Reverse osmosis)
polymeric membrane that allows certain molecules or ions to pass through it by osmosis. The rate of passage depends on the pressure, concentration, and temperature...
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Physical plant (section Reverse osmosis)
water sources so that it becomes usable for human consumption. Reverse osmosis, multi-stage flash and multi-effect distillation, are three main types...
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Ozzy & Drix (category Osmosis Jones)
American animated television series based on the 2001 film Osmosis Jones. It centers on Osmosis "Ozzy" Jones, a cheeky-chappy white blood cell, and Drix...
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distillation, multiple effect evaporation, freeze separation or reverse osmosis to produce freshwater. One type of solar desalination unit is a solar still...
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Water softening (section Reverse osmosis)
but is increasingly being accomplished using nanofiltration or reverse osmosis membranes. The presence of certain metal ions like calcium and magnesium...
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Solar desalination (section Reverse osmosis)
processes include reverse osmosis and membrane distillation, where membranes filter water from contaminants. As of 2014 reverse osmosis (RO) made up about 52%...
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desalination and forward osmosis; in particular he is credited as a co-inventor of the NH3/CO2 draw solution for the forward osmosis (FO) desalination process...
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passive and can be assisted by the movement of water into the roots via osmosis. Consequently, transpiration requires the plant to expend very little energy...
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among others. The discharge of desalination plants by seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO), are mainly characterized by presenting a salinity concentration...
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measure of the tendency of water to move into one solution from another by osmosis. The higher the osmotic pressure of a solution, the more water tends to...
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Diffusiophoresis and diffusioosmosis (redirect from Capillary osmosis)
its own concentration. Diffusioosmosis, also referred to as capillary osmosis, is flow of a solution relative to a fixed wall or pore surface, where...
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