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[A pressure gravity-diffusive effect for flat polymeric membrane and ternary non-electrolyte solutions].

A Slezak·J Wasik·J Jasik-Slezak·I Skrzekowska-Baran
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In this paper the pressure gravidiffusive model equation in a single-membrane osmotic-diffusive cell is elaborated. In this cell the flat, microporous and symmetric polymeric membrane so-called Nephrophane positioned horizontally separated water and binary (aqueous glucose or aqueous ethanol) or ternary (glucose in 0.2 mol.l-1 aqueous ethanol or ethanol in 0.05 mol.l-1 aqueous glucose) non-electrolyte solutions. The calculations of pressure gravidiffusive effects for the configurations A and B of the single-membrane osmotic-diffusive cell were elaborated. In configuration A solution was placed in compartment below membrane and in configuration B--above membrane. The calculated result are interpreted in terms of the convective instability that increases the diffusive permeability coefficient of complex: concentration boundary layer/membrane/concentration boundary layer.

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Cell MembraneDiffusionGlucose Solution, HypertonicGravitationMembranes, ArtificialModels, BiologicalOsmosisPermeabilityPolymersPressureSolutionsWaterEnglish AbstractJournal Article

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A Slezak, J Wasik, J Jasik-Slezak, I Skrzekowska-Baran. 2001. [A pressure gravity-diffusive effect for flat polymeric membrane and ternary non-electrolyte solutions].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11712202/

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