Reverse osmosis

Esquema

Getty AAT: Processes and techniques by specific type

Jerarquía

separating > dispersion (process) > diffusion

Descripción

Movement of molecules of a liquid through a semipermeable membrane from a region of high solute concentration into a less concentrated field; a reversal of normal flow that occurs when hydrostatic pressure exceeds the osmotic pressure.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300379920

Otros términos

  • osmosis, reverse [en]