Question

How does Osmosis change when the Solute is increased?

Answer 1

@pooja195

Answer 2

@SolomonZelman @e.mccormick

Answer 3

@TheSmartOne

Answer 4

Lets say you have a container and a semipermeable membrane (only permeable to water and not to salts) separating it in half. If you add salt to one side, water will permeate through the barrier (through "osmosis").

Answer 5

in layman's terms, could you explain that a bit better? i'm still not understanding

Answer 6

@aaronq

Answer 7

No problem. Osmosis is the movement of water through a barrier (dont worry about too much about what this is, just know that it's semipermeable - meaning only water can go through).

In the picture above, I drew a container with water, separated in half by a "semipermeable" membrane. If you add salt (solute) to one of the sides, the water molecules will go through the barrier in order to make the concentrations of salt on both sides equal.

Answer 8

so basically, right side will take water from the left side due to more salt?

Answer 9

according to your drawing anyways

Answer 10

yes, that's right. water will move from the left side to the right side to try to make the concentrations of salt equal (on both sides).

Answer 11

ahhh okay, i think i am understanding now. thank you!

Answer 12

good stuff! no problem