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Dictionary » G » Glycerin GlycerinDefinition noun, plural: glycerins A trihydric alcohol derived from saponification of fats and oils.
For human consumption, glycerol is classified by the FDA among the sugar alcohols as a caloric macronutrient. It is used as antifreeze, a plasticizer, and a food sweetener and in the manufacture of dynamite, cosmetics etc. ![]()
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Results from our forumGreen Mosquito===Photos Available... Some say its a mutant but rare. No evidence in Asia. But its like green anopheles. Help me to find what it is. I have preserved it in 1:1 alcohol:glycerin. I need more samples to study them. If you have samples then please contact me on : sachinvch@gmail.com see http://www.biology-online.org/biology-forum/viewtopic.php?p=85449#85449
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Passive Transport... as ether, liposoluble chemicals, apolar substances (as atmospheric oxygen and nitrogen) and some polar molecules (as carbon dioxide, ethanol, glycerin, etc). Also water pass by simple diffusion (it pass by canal proteins called aquoporines) by osmosis. - Simple diffusion by regulated canal ...
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Basic OsmoticsHey , that example is interesting! Glycerin also has brownian motion, [ all liqids ] that turning expt, just tells that we can reverse the energitically favoured process can be reversed by providing energy of opposite sign. BUT HOW CAN THAT ...
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Basic Osmotics Yep! That's why they used glycerin instead of water in this expirement. But it is interesting though. Theoretically, if you could get all motion of the water to stop and have it still remain a liquid, then diffusion would not happen. ...
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Basic OsmoticsYep! That's why they used glycerin instead of water in this expirement. But it is interesting though. Theoretically, if you could get all motion of the water to stop and have it still remain a liquid, then diffusion would not happen. Right?
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