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Q: What word means a substance that lets water through is it impermeable permeable souble or insoluble?
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What does impearmeable mean?

Impermeable means water can't get through it. For example, clay is impermeable substance (because water can't seep through it), but chalk is permeable (because water can drip through it slowly) Sometimes it also applies to places which you can't get into, for example, an 'impermeable fortress' would be difficult to get into.


What rocks cause rapid runoff?

Impermeable rocks cause more rapid run off than permeable rocks. This is because the water can somewhat flow through the permeable rocks, not impermeable ones.


How do impermeable surfaces affect infiltration?

A rock that has high porosity is not permeable if the pores or fractures are not connected. The larger and better shorted the particles are, the more permeable the rock or sediment tends to be. Because of this characteristic composition, clay is essentially impermeable, which means that water cannot flow through it.


If a membrane was not permeable to sugars why would it probably also not be permeable to starch molecules?

If a membrane is permeable to a substance, it means that there are gaps/holes/pores in the membrane large enough for that substance to pass through. Starch molecules are bigger that sugar molecules. So if the membrane is not permeable to sugars, the gaps/holes/pores will not be big enough for starch molecules to pass through either.


What does imperamble mean in science term?

I don't know but in Spanish it means raincoat.In English impermeable means not permeable, that is it will not allow things to get through it. A raincoat, as in Spanish, would not allow rain through.An aluminum frypan however, is not impermeable to fat molecules, and that is why the outside of an al frypan will char.

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What is the difference between semi-permeable and impermeable?

semi permeable lets some substances through and impermeable lets no substances through


Definition of impermeable membrane?

im·per·me·a·ble   [im-pur-mee-uh-buhl] Show IPA adjective1.not permeable; impassable.2.Chemistry, Geology . (of porous substances, rocks, etc.) notpermitting the passage of a fluid through the pores,interstices, etc.


What does impearmeable mean?

Impermeable means water can't get through it. For example, clay is impermeable substance (because water can't seep through it), but chalk is permeable (because water can drip through it slowly) Sometimes it also applies to places which you can't get into, for example, an 'impermeable fortress' would be difficult to get into.


How do permeable and impermeable rock layers contribute to the formation of a spring?

The water sinks through the ground through permeable rock and is concentrating when it arrives to impermeable rock. When due to erosion the impermeable rock carrying water is exposed, the water appears as a spring.


All transport through the cell membrane can be classified as?

permeable or impermeable


What are permeable and impermeable rocks?

Permeability is a measure of how well a porous media transmits a fluid. It has nothing to do with the fluid itself. It is measure in (length)2. The Hydraulic Conductivity is a measure of how easily water moves through the porous media. It depends on the permeability of the matrix, but also is a function of the fluid. It is a measure of (length)/(time)


What is impermeable layer?

An impermeable layer is a layer which doesn't allow any substance to pass through it.


Examples of permeable and impermeable rocks?

impermeable rocks are, basalt, granite, and quartzite.... i dont know any permeable


What rocks cause rapid runoff?

Impermeable rocks cause more rapid run off than permeable rocks. This is because the water can somewhat flow through the permeable rocks, not impermeable ones.


What is the difference between a permeable layer of rock and an impermeable layer?

Impermiable rock means nothing can go through it


Why cant water soak through impermeable rock?

this is because it is a hard substance


How do impermeable surfaces affect infiltration?

A rock that has high porosity is not permeable if the pores or fractures are not connected. The larger and better shorted the particles are, the more permeable the rock or sediment tends to be. Because of this characteristic composition, clay is essentially impermeable, which means that water cannot flow through it.