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In the Classroom
Tested Demonstrations
A Simple Demonstration Model of Osmosis
submitted by: Joseph G. Morse
Department of Chemistry, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9150

checked by: Ed Vitz
Department of Chemistry, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA 19530

Cover
January 1999
Vol. 76 No. 1
p. 64

Abstract
A simple device constructed from a wire screen, a large beaker, beans, and oats is described. It provides a simple and effective visual model of the phenomenon of osmosis and, by extension, the origin of other colligative properties of solutions.
More Information
*  Citation
Morse, Joseph G. J. Chem. Educ. 1999 76 64.
*  Keywords
Demonstrations; Introductory / High School Chemistry; Solutions / Solvents; Teaching / Learning Aids
*  History
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Last Updated:
June 15, 1999
June 22, 2005
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