14. Solutions
Osmotic Pressure
Problem 142
Textbook Question
Textbook QuestionDesert countries like Saudi Arabia have built reverse osmo-sis plants to produce freshwater from seawater. Assume that seawater has the composition 0.470 M NaCl and 0.068 M MgCl2 and that both compounds are completely dissociated. (b) If the reverse osmosis equipment can exert a maximum pressure of 100.0 atm at 25.0 °C, what is the maximum volume of freshwater that can be obtained from 1.00 L of seawater?
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