reverse osmosis
Noun
Meaning
(chemistry) a method of producing pure water; a solvent passes through a semipermeable membrane in a direction opposite to that for natural osmosis when it is subjected to a hydrostatic pressure greater than the osmotic pressure
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precipitation
ion exchange
chelation
ultrafiltration
electrodialysis
microfiltration
nanofiltration
membrane filtration
activated carbon filtration
filtration on a small scale
reverse osmosis system
inverse osmosis
back osmosis
reserve osmosis
reverse osmosis device
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