THE GIBBS-DONNAN EQUILIBRIUM, CELL VOLUME, COLLOID OSMOTIC PRESSURE & THE STARLING HYPOTHESIS

12/24/97


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THE GIBBS-DONNAN EQUILIBRIUM, CELL VOLUME, COLLOID OSMOTIC PRESSURE & THE STARLING HYPOTHESIS

THE GIBBS-DONNAN EQUILIBRIUM

AN EXAMPLE OF THE GIBBS-DONNAN EQUILIBRIUM

TWO CONDITIONS DETERMINE THE FINAL EQUILIBRIUM: FIRST

TWO CONDITIONS DETERMINE THE FINAL EQUILIBRIUM:SECOND

COMBINING THESE TWO EQUATIONS RESULTS IN A QUADRADIC EQUATION

USING THE RATIO FOR THE EXAMPLE

THE GIBBS-DONNAN EQUILIBRIUM: THE EXAMPLE

THE RESULTANT OSMOTIC PRESSURE

THE CALCULATION ALSO LETS US DETERMINE THAT

MIXTURES OF MONOVALENT SALTS

DIVALENT IONS

THE GIBBS-DONNAN EFFECT IN THE ORGANISM

THE EFFECT OF MULTIPLE SOLUTES ON OSMOSIS

THE OSMOTIC PRESSURE OF A SIMPLE MIXTURE: EXAMPLE

THE STARLING HYPOTHESIS

THE STARLING HYPOTHESIS ILLUSTRATED

Author: Donald C. Mikulecky

Email: mikulecky@gems.vcu.edu

Home Page: http://views.vcu.edu/~mikuleck/