Facilitated diffusion

Turbidity: - Turbidity is a degree of water clarity. Turbidity is defined as an “expression of the optical property that causes light to be scattered and absorbed rather than transmitted in straight lines through the sample”. Nephelometers are used to measure the intensity of light scattered by contaminants present in water such as suspended and colloidal solids like clay, silt and microscopic organisms. Turbidimeters using the principle of nephelometer compare the light scattered due to…

Darcy’s Law expresses flux of water without particles through a nonwoven membrane as follows: J=∆p/(μ.R_m ) (4) where, J is the permeation flux (m3/m2s), ∆p is the transnonwoven pressure (Pa), μ is the viscosity (Pa.s), and Rm is the clean nonwoven membrane resistance or intrinsic resistance (1/m). Since fouling is going to take place in the separation process, the permeation flux will always be lower than the flux given by Eq. 4. Cake resistance -formed by cake layer- and fouling resistance…

Currently, Lagoa Vermelha has a depth of 1.0 m, with a small central core reaching a depth of 1.4 m, while Hohn et al. (1986) described a water column up to 1.70 m. In the present study, there was a greater tendency of accumulation of fine material, with little concentration of carbonates, at the highest depths. As expected, the accumulation of fine sediment was also associated with higher concentrations of organic matter. The results obtained in the bathymetric survey showed occurrence of a…

membrane is important to this process it lets things in and out of the cell, the plasma membrane is selectively permeable which means that it only allows certain things inside and outside the cell. Diffusion releases molecules from high concentration to a low concentration, osmosis is another form of diffusion but deals with water the molecules move from a high concentration to a low concentration. The goal of this investigation was to test if the cell gains or loses mass after coming into…

How is the membrane structure related to the transport of materials across the membrane? The membrane structure plays an important role in the transportation of materials across the membrane. The Cell membrane is a barrier that separates a cell from its surrounding environment. This is composed of Phospholipids, Proteins, Cholesterol and Carbohydrates. The Membrane Structure has a very important role in the transportation of materials across the membrane. The membrane of the cell is made up of…

Movement of materials from areas of high concentration to areas of low concentration id diffusion. Osmosis is diffusion of water. Tonicity compares the environment inside of a membrane with the outside. When a membrane bound structure has a higher concentration of water on the outside of the membrane than the inside is hypotonic. Hypertonic is when a membrane bound structure has a higher concentration of water on the inside of the membrane than the outside. When something is isotonic the inside…

process of moving soluble molecules across a membrane is referred to as passive transport. For this type of transport chemical energy is not necessary. Two of the main types of passive transport that the human body utilizes are osmosis and diffusion. Diffusion is the movement of a hydrophobic substance across a semi-permeable membrane without the use of cell energy from a gradient area of higher concentration to an area (either inside or outside of the cell) with a lower concentration…

“Why are cells so small?” The concept of this investigation is to examine which method of diffusion is the best explanation to why cells are small. The transpiration of cells nutrients apparat in different ways; one way is Osmosis. Osmosis is the diffusion of water. Active transport requires ATP to transport nutrients and then there is diffusion, which is the process of moving nutrients from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration. The first explanation studied is that…

Dialysis, however, does not correct the compromised endocrine functions of the kidney. Its treatments only replace some of these functions through diffusion (waste removal) and ultrafiltration (fluid removal). Principle Dialysis works on the principles of the diffusion of solutes and ultrafiltration of fluid across a semi-permeable membrane. Diffusion is a property of substances in water; substances in water tend to move…

Bahliawah Abstract Throughout the process of this experiment, chicken eggs were used to test how well certain solutions would be absorbed. The objective was to determine the rate and direction of osmosis into and out of cells according to their diffusion gradients. During this experiment eggs were rolled on paper towels to blot the excess liquid and then weighed. They were then placed into one of six solutions immediately afterwards. In 15-minute intervals, the eggs were blotted and weighed…