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Calculations of osmolarity/osmotic pressure

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OsmolaritySum <strong>of</strong> all <strong>osmotic</strong>ally active particles (OAP) in asolutionOne <strong>of</strong> the colligative properties: only number <strong>of</strong>particles counts, not their kind !Units: moles <strong>of</strong> <strong>osmotic</strong>ally active particles (osm) perliterExample:NaCl 0.15 mol/l, in solutions exists as ions Na + , Cl −… 2 OAP….. Osmolarity 0.3 mol OAP/l (0.3 osm/l)Osmotic <strong>pressure</strong>Π = n . C . R . TOsmolarityFigure from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A686766Π: <strong>osmotic</strong> <strong>pressure</strong> in kPan: number <strong>of</strong> OAP per moleC: molar concentration in mol/lR: universal gas constant(8.31441 N.m.mol -1 .K -1 )T: temperature in K10

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