Question

What is the role of reverse osmosis in water purification?

Answer 1

Reverse osmosis:

1. Osmosis refers to the process of transfer of a solute from higher concentrations to lower concentrations through semi-permeable membranes.
2. And reverse osmosis is the process of transferring solutes from lower concentrations to higher concentrations through a semipermeable membrane.
3. Reverse osmosis is abbreviated as RO.
4. In RO techniques, pressurized impure or highly concentrated water is separated from a pure water-permeable membrane.
5. Due to reverse osmosis, impurities in water keep moving to concentrated regions.
6. It is one of the easiest and most beneficial methods of purification of water.