- Osmotic pressure depends on the amount of solute that is present in the solvent (such as water).
- It also depends on the temperature of the solution.
- The movement of water from an area of low concentration of solute to an area of higher concentration of solute.
- The movement of water molecules through a selectively permeable from a region of high water concentration to low water concentration is called osmosis.
- The pressure that needs to be applied to a solution to stop the movement of a solvent into it, when the solution and solvent (such as the water) are separated by a semipermeable membrane that only allows the solvents to pass through.
- Osmotic pressure can prevent osmosis, which is the movement of a solvent (such as water) through a semipermeable membrane from a solution that has a lower concentration of solutes to one that has a higher concentration of solutes.
