solutes
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Additionally, as the cells shrink, the solutes inside the cells are concentrated in the remaining water, increasing the intracellular ionic strength and interfering with the organization of the proteins and other organized intercellular structures.
Here, the difference in pressure of the two compartments is defined as the osmotic pressure exerted by the solutes.
Eroded sediment or solutes may be transported just a few millimetres, or for thousands of kilometres.
On the other hand, non-polar solutes dissolve better in non-polar solvents.
Body fluids are examples for complex liquid solutions, containing many solutes.
For example, the standard state of water:dioxane 9:1 is precisely that solvent mixture, with no added solutes.