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Anomalous permeation of a reversibly associating substance: Hydraulic conductivity and tracer water diffusion

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The permeability coefficient determined with isotopically labeled solvent (water) and the permeability coefficient determined from the volume flow under the influence of an osmotic gradient are different, if the solvent is considered to be reversibly associated. This is shown by application of the equations of irreversible thermodynamics to systems with an associating substance. An equation is derived which relates the permeability ratio to the average cluster size of the solvent.

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  1. Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Abteilung Biopolymere, RWTH Aachen, D-51, Aachen, Germany

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Schönert, H. Anomalous permeation of a reversibly associating substance: Hydraulic conductivity and tracer water diffusion. J. Membrain Biol. 52, 161–164 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01869121

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