(In a way, this is the opposite of the reverse osmosis process that desalination plants use to turn seawater into drinking water.) Pockets of that brine can get trapped inside the ice pack. If the sea ice cracks, though, something bizarre can happen to those pockets. The freed brine will...
How does the small amount of sodium that is found in sports drinks, like Gatorade, help to maintain fluid balance in and around body cells after a long, intense workout? In your response, include the following terms: thirst, osmosis, absorption...
In fact, based on the discussion in Section [1], this is precisely the situation we should expect:GDP growth should exceed energy consumption growth when the economy is growing. Unfortunately, Section [1] also suggests that we can expect this favorable rel...
Using just an egg (with its predominantly chalk outer layer), a glass of vinegar (which is 4-8 percent acetic acid, with the rest being water), and corn syrup, you can watch two-directional osmosis happen before your eyes. Then make the egg blue, because why not?