1. Touch the silk and scent escapes the semipermeable membrane and pervades the air. 2. Hydrostatic and osmotic pressure gradients facilitate filtration across a semipermeable membrane . 3. This solution is separated from pure solvent by a semipermeable membrane . 4. He states " only water molecules can pass the semipermeable membrane . 5. Note that a semipermeable membrane is not the same as a selectively permeable membrane. 6. Fresh water moves in a semipermeable membrane and increases its volume in the chamber. 7. Reverse osmosis ( RO ) units filter water by forcing it through a semipermeable membrane . 8. Solute cannot cross the semipermeable membrane but the solvent is able to cross the membrane. 9. Some commercial applications for ionomers are golf ball covers, semipermeable membranes , sealing tape and thermoplastic elastomers. 10. Such a concentration gradient across a semipermeable membrane sets up an osmotic flow for the water.