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Define ultrafiltration .

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Ultrafiltration may be defined as the process of filtration of very minute substances through a semi permeable membrane while the colloidal particles are retained from it. It is a high pressure filtration in which the solutes and solvents are forced to move across the semi permeable membrane because of the hydrostatic pressure force.


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