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Also Known As osmose

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Diagram showing osmosis with two containers separated by a semipermeable membrane: at the top, water molecules move from pure water to a sugar solution, while sugar molecules cannot cross; at the bottom, water levels have shifted as equilibrium is reached.
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Henri Dutrochet
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Hugo von Mohl
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Wilhelm Pfeffer
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Isidor Traube
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