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A dialysis machine contains long tubes coiled in a tank containing dialysing solution :
(i) Of what substance are the tubes made ?
(ii) What does the dialysing solution contain ?
(iii) Name the main waste product that passes into the dialysing solution.

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Solution

(i) Cellulose.
(ii) Water, glucose, salts in similar concentration to those in normal blood.
(iii) Urea.

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