Osmotic Potential MCQ - Practice Questions with Answers
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Osmotic Potential or Solute Potential
- Osmotic potential can be understood as the ability of a solution to undergo osmotic pressure and prevent osmosis.
- When solutes are added to the pure water, its free energy is reduced as the number of free water molecules has reduced.
- It is the decrease in the chemical potential of pure water due to the presence of solute particles in it.
- It is the pressure with which a solution can attract the solvent molecules towards itself.
- Hence, every solution that has some solute has the osmotic potential.
- It is equal to the osmotic pressure.
- It is a negative force.
- It is denoted by the symbol ψs
- It is given by:
- Ψs = - CRT
- Osmotic potential of pure water is zero.
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