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Van’t Hoff’s semipermeable membrane, postulated to advance the theory of dilute aqueous solutions, is a barrier permeable to water (solvent), while completely impermeable to dissolved solutes. It is thus a model barrier for all membrane filtration operations in which solutes are being retained (concentrated) by removal of solvent (Chapter 4). Osmotic effects, like all colligative properties, are confined to liquid solutions. Since nature as we know it is an aqueous system, the solvent in the following is water.
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(2008). Osmosis et cetera. In: Liquid Separations with Membranes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-47453-1_3
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