What is reverse osmosis? Reverse osmosis is a relatively recent, but very effective, application of an established scientific process.(HARRISON on Water Quality)

From: Supply House Times | Date: March 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Anyone who has sat through a high school science class may remember the term "osmosis." This process was first described by a French scientist in 1748, who noted that water spontaneously diffused through a pig bladder membrane into alcohol.

More than 200 years later, a modification of this process known as "reverse osmosis" allows people throughout the world to affordably convert undesirable water into water that is virtually free of health or aesthetic contaminants. Reverse osmosis systems can be found providing treated water from the kitchen counter ill a private residence, ...

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