Seawater is desalinated to get fresh water by which of the following methods?
A
when pressure more than osmotic pressure is applied pure water is squeezed out of seawater by reverse osmosis
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B
when excess pressure is applied on sea water pure water moves in by osmosis
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C
Water moves out from seawater due to osmosis
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D
Salt is precipitated from seawater when kept undisturbed for sometime
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Solution
The correct option is C when pressure more than osmotic pressure is applied pure water is squeezed out of seawater by reverse osmosis
∗ If external pressure applied on solution is more than osmostic pressure then solvent molecules move from solution to solvent and this phenomenon is known as Reverse Osmosis (R.O.).
∗ This process can be used to obtain pure water from sea water.