Where Does the Fluid Go?

Combined mechanisms of transport have important applications--transport of nutrients across cell membranes in plants and animals, the aeration of agricultural soils, performance of chemical reactors, the design of membranes for desalting brackish water, and the design of clay membranes for retaining dangerous chemicals. In a recent article in Vadose Zone Journal, scientists show that the developers of popular models of diffusion have made invalid assumptions.

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