Sentences with phrase «osmotic forces»

Osmotic forces then drove more hydrogen peroxide into these regions, buffeting the spheres.

The osmotic force is twice as high for lactulose as for frutooligosaccharide.

The role carbohydrate malabsorption plays in the onset of diarrhea most likely depends upon the balance between the osmotic force of the carbohydrate and the capacity of the colon to remove the carbohydrate via bacterial fermentation.

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This action is sufficient to overcome the hydrostatic force of the water column — and the osmotic gradient in cases where soil water levels are low.

The high internal osmotic potential provides the pressure, and hence the forces, needed for the ejection and elongation, reaching a reported acceleration of 50 million meters per second squared, around 50 times faster than the acceleration of a bullet.

To counter the osmotic pressure that arises between the solutions and force water back through the membrane, desalinization plants must utilize high pressures of 7,000 to 8,300 kilopascals (71 to 86.5 kilogram - force per square centimeter or 1,000 to 1,200 pounds per square inch), he notes.

Biophysics also grew out of investigations on diffusion gradients and osmotic pressure — two forces responsible for the passive flow of matter in living organisms.

Gorshkov V.G., Makarieva A.M. (2008) The osmotic condensational force of water vapor in the terrestrial atmosphere, Preprint 2763, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, Gatchina, 43 pp.