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Osmotic pressure
The pressure that would have to be applied to a solution to stop water flowing into it by osmosis. For seawater, with about 35 g/L of dissolved salts, it is roughly 25–28 bar.
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Osmosis
The net movement of water through a semi-permeable membrane from a dilute solution toward a more concentrated one, driven by the difference in the chemical potential of water.
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