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Semipermeable membrane allows the passage of solvent through it.
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Semipermeable membrane allows the passage of solvent through it. However it does not allows the passage of solute molecules. Hence, semipermeable membrane is used during osmosis and reverse osmosis process. For example, desalination of water requires use of semipermeable membrane. Examples of semipermeable membrane include cellulose, cellulose nitrate and animal bladder.

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(ii) A membrane which allows some substances to pass through it more readily than others is known as selectively/differentially permeable.
(iii) All living biological membranes are perfectly semipermeable.

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