Preferred Name

osmotic pressure

Synonyms

osmotic pressures

Definitions

[Henderson's] a measure of the osmotic activity of a solution, defined as the minimum pressure that must be exerted to prevent the passage of pure solvent into the solution when the two are separated by a semipermeable membrane. Osmotic pressure is proportional to solute concentration.

ID

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/msa0785

Obsolete

true

altLabel

osmotic pressures

broader

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/1

created

2016-10-12

creator

0000-0003-2195-3997

definition

[Henderson's] a measure of the osmotic activity of a solution, defined as the minimum pressure that must be exerted to prevent the passage of pure solvent into the solution when the two are separated by a semipermeable membrane. Osmotic pressure is proportional to solute concentration.

deprecated

true

inScheme

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/

isReplacedBy

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/21558

modified

2022-03-21

prefLabel

osmotic pressure

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