By what name is the movement of solute particles through a selectively permeable membrane, in the direction of their concentration gradient known
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B: while the solute particles are indeed diffusing through the membrane, the presence of a membrane makes dialysis the appropriate term to use.
Diffusion is also applied to the movement of particles within a solution even when they do not cross a membrane.
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