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From data found on the web,

the water molecule diameter is 280 pm;

the chlorine ion is 184 pm;

the sodium ion is 102 pm.

 

If the water molecule is bigger, how can an osmotic membrane work to filter seawater ions out in desalination?

 

Miguel

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