Question

If osmosis were responsible for sap rising in a tree, calculate the approximate height to which the sap could rise if it were 0.13 M in sugar and the water outside the tree contained dissolved solids equivalent to a 0.02 M solution

Answer 1

Osmotic pressure: \( \huge \Pi=iMRT\)

Hydrostatic pressure: \(\huge P=\rho hg\)

\(\huge \rho hg=iMRT\rightarrow h=\dfrac{iMRT}{\rho g} \)