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Visking tubing
Visking tubing, also known as dialysis tubing , is tubing with a semi-permeable exterior, thus allowing by osmosis small molecules such as water through its wall, while preventing larger molecules such as starch from passing through. It is used as a filter for dialysis.
See also: Apparatus for demonstrating osmosis, School Biology experiments and demonstrations, Osmosis demonstration
Last updated: 02-27-2005 19:20:41