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Colloids
Colloids
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Solutions
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Colloids
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Examples of Colloids
Fog
Whipped cream
Milk
Cheese
Blood plasma
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Suspensions
Have very large particles
Settle out
Can be filtered
Must stir to stay suspended
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Examples of Suspensions
Blood platelets
Muddy water
Calamine lotion
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Osmosis
In osmosis, the solvent water moves
through a semipermeable membrane
semipermeable membrane
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Equilibrium is reached.
7% starch
7% starch
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Osmotic Pressure
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Isotonic solutions
• Exert the same osmotic pressure as red
blood cells.
• Medically 5% glucose and 0.9% NaCl are
used their solute concentrations provide
an osmotic pressure equal to that of red
blood cells
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Hypotonic Solutions
Lower osmotic pressure than red blood cells
Lower concentration of particles than RBCs
In a hypotonic solution, water flows into the
RBC
The RBC undergoes hemolysis; it swells and
may burst.
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Hypertonic Solutions
Has higher osmotic pressure than RBC
Has a higher particle concentration
In hypertonic solutions, water flows out
of the RBC
The RBC shrinks in size (crenation)
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Dialysis