| Title |
Osmosis and thermodynamics explained by solute blocking
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|---|---|
| Published in |
European Biophysics Journal, May 2016
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00249-016-1137-y |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Peter Hugo Nelson |
| Abstract |
A solute-blocking model is presented that provides a kinetic explanation of osmosis and ideal solution thermodynamics. It validates a diffusive model of osmosis that is distinct from the traditional convective flow model of osmosis. Osmotic equilibrium occurs when the fraction of water molecules in solution matches the fraction of pure water molecules that have enough energy to overcome the pressure difference. Solute-blocking also provides a kinetic explanation for why Raoult's law and the other colligative properties depend on the mole fraction (but not the size) of the solute particles, resulting in a novel kinetic explanation for the entropy of mixing and chemical potential of ideal solutions. Some of its novel predictions have been confirmed; others can be tested experimentally or by simulation. |
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