Diffusion involves the movement of the solute or solvent?

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Diffusion involves the movement of the solute or solvent?

2007-02-11 14:15:01 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology

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Solute.

2007-02-11 14:18:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

ok, imagine a beaker of water, you place a large salt crystal in the bottom, diffusion causes the dissolving salt to spread out throughout the entire beaker. what is the solvent here? what is solute(or dissolved)? which one is moving?

2007-02-11 22:24:00 · answer #2 · answered by Bio-student Again(aka nursegirl) 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋

Both of them move around.

2007-02-11 22:20:09 · answer #3 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋