eli5: if particles want to move from high concentrations to low, how does reverse osmosis happen?

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eli5: if particles want to move from high concentrations to low, how does reverse osmosis happen?

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because of outside forces. if you’re refering to the water purification method, we add a pressure to one side of the membrane so that particles move and we end up with the good water on one side and bad water on the other.

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