A cotton swab is dipped into concentrated hydrochloric acid (producing hydrogen chloride gas) while a second on is dipped into concentrated aqueous ammonia (producing ammonia gas). Both cotton swabs ...

This means osmosis is a special case of diffusion: the diffusion of water. In the diagram above solution two gains water faster than it loses sugar. This is because the selectively permeable ...

No osmosis occurs. Red blood cells placed in a solution with a higher water concentration compared to their contents (eg pure water) will gain water by osmosis, swell up and burst. Water will ...