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A 10% Glucose Solution Is Placed in the Thistle Tube

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A 10% glucose solution is placed in the thistle tube.The thistle tube is placed in a beaker that contains a 5% glucose solution.There is a differentially permeable membrane across the broad end of the tube,which is permeable to water but not to the sugar glucose.What will occur over time to the water? To the solute? A 10% glucose solution is placed in the thistle tube.The thistle tube is placed in a beaker that contains a 5% glucose solution.There is a differentially permeable membrane across the broad end of the tube,which is permeable to water but not to the sugar glucose.What will occur over time to the water? To the solute?


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