semipermeable membrane

The capillaries are freely permeable to water and small molecules but ordinarily are not highly permeable to proteins and other materials. In some pathological situations, such as in certain allergic states (e.g., hives) or because of local injury, as in burns, there may be local areas of permeability, with…

…separation technique in which a semipermeable membrane is placed between two solutions containing the same solvent. The membrane allows passage of small solution components (usually the solvent) while preventing passage of larger molecules. The natural tendency is for the solvent to flow from the side where its concentration is higher…

…the diffusion of molecules through semipermeable barriers. Besides differing in charge, proteins also differ in size, and this latter property can be used as the basis of separation. If a vessel is divided in half by a porous membrane, and a solution of different proteins is placed in one section…

…on penetration of molecules through semipermeable membranes. Membrane filtration involves simple migration resulting from a concentration difference on the two sides of the membrane. In ultrafiltration, this diffusion through the membrane is accelerated by means of a pressure difference. In electrodialysis, an electrical field accelerates the migration.

…particular size is called a semipermeable membrane. The semipermeable membrane imposes a condition of restricted diffusion in which the flux rate of the diffusing material is controlled by the permeability of the membrane, which in turn is dictated by the size of the pores and is given a unit of…

The semipermeable membranes required to produce the fluid flow that characterizes osmotic phenomena initially came from biological sources; French scientist René Dutrochet wrote in 1828, “it appears from these new studies that the endosmotic and exosmotic phenomena, which I discovered, belong to a new class of…

…is in contact with a semipermeable membrane—i.e., a thin, porous wall whose porosity is such that some, but not all, of the components in the liquid mixture can pass through the wall. A semipermeable membrane is a selective barrier, and many such barriers are found in plants and animals. Osmosis…

…solvent from moving across a semipermeable membrane. Osmosis is the spontaneous flow of solvent from a solution with a lower concentration of solutes to a more concentrated solution, with flow occurring across a semipermeable membrane. Temperature and differences in solute concentration between two solutions determine osmotic pressure. Osmotic pressure is…