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Equilibrium occurs when no overall change appears to take place.
Using the example of evaporation: In a closed container molecules of water will evaporate from the surface of the liquid until eventually no more vapor molecules can enter the air space. That does not mean that the molecules of water are no longer evaporating. They haven't called a meeting and said that's it we won't do this anymore. It means that the rate of evaporation of molecules is the same as the return of molecules to the surface. We could get more molecules into the air by increasing the temperature but eventually the rate of evaporation is the same as the rate of condensation.
Exactly the same with diffusion and osmosis. Molecules will diffuse into an area of lower concentration until the concentrations are the same. This does not mean that the molecules/particles then go to sleep. The particles are diffusing equally in each direction so the overall diffusion is at equilibrium.
With osmosis, the particles diffuse across a semi permeable membrane until the concentration is the same on both sides. The particles then will diffuse in each direction at the same rate - equilibrium has been reached.
What else can I help you with?
What is the property that realate mass to volume?
Density
How does latitude relate to the five themes?
it realate to by geography
How does the structure of a bone cell realate to its function?
i have no clue hahaha
How does 5x(5x5) realate to (5x5)?
It is five times greater.
How does the word amphibious realate to frogs?
Amphibious means that you can survive both on land and in water. Frogs are amphibians.
How do the earth realate to the sun and moon?
The Earth goes around the sun, the moon goes around the Earth.
What are the types of cultural diffusion?
contagious diffusion, relocation diffusion, expansion diffusion, stimulus diffusion, hierarchical diffusion.
The spreading out of a substance from an area of high concentration to an area of low concentration is called .?
diffusion
Staffing structures in the salon and how jobs relate to each other?
staffing structures in salons and how jobs realate to each other
What is groundling and why does it realate to William Shakespeare?
Groundlings were theatre spectatiors who stood at ground level around the stage during the time of William Shakespeare
What is the process of spreading new ideas called?
Diffusion is the process of spreading new ideas from culture to culture. Examples of diffusion include the use of cars and the smelting of iron. There are five main types of diffusion they are: Expansion diffusion, Relocation diffusion, Hierarchal diffusion, Congious diffusion and Stimulus diffusion.
What is the difference between diffusion and facilitate diffusion?
The difference between diffusion and facilitated diffusion is that facilitated diffusion is that the molecules pass through special protein channels.
