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From: hooft@ruunsa.fys.ruu.nl (Rob Hooft)
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Subject: Re: Textbook errors - OSMOSIS
Keywords: osmosis
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Date: 14 Nov 90 08:01:19 GMT
References: <1990Nov11.132436.2836@newcastle.ac.uk: <1990Nov12.211609.23489@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> <1990Nov13.111721.12306@newcastle.ac.uk>
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In <1990Nov13.111721.12306@newcastle.ac.uk> william@lorien.newcastle.ac.uk (William Coyne) writes:

>In fig 1 in the AFTER part won't the water be cascading down
>the area of membrane not exposed to the lo side, and would this not have an
>effect on the equilibrium position?


Wieeeee! There we have it again. Perpetual motion!! No, the water wouldn't be
dropping to the low side.
-- 
Rob Hooft, Chemistry department University of Utrecht.
hooft@hutruu54.bitnet hooft@chem.ruu.nl hooft@fys.ruu.nl