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Molecules that are small enough to fit through the membrane pores. Water molecules, sodium, potassium, and chloride can pass through dialysis membrane because they are small in size. Proteins have a bigger size than the pores of the dialysis membrane so they don't pass through it, they stay in the blood plasma.

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