Alphabetical
Alphabetical list of glossary terms
diffusion
[noun]
The movement of atoms or molecules from one part of a medium to another caused by their random thermal motion. The result of diffusion is a tendency for particles to move from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration.
Appears in modules:
- Atmospheric Chemistry Research that Changed Global Policy The work of Mario Molina
- Atomic Theory I Detecting electrons and the nucleus
- Diffusion I Random molecular movement and influences on diffusion rate
- France Anne-Dominic Córdova Climbing through astrophysics and science policy
- Kinetic-Molecular Theory Molecule collisions, the mean free path, and modern KMT
- Lipids Composition, structure, and function
- Membranes and Chemical Transport Absorption, distribution, and storage of substances in organisms
- Membranes I Structure and function of biological membranes
- Membranes II Passive and active transporters
- Origins of Life I Early ideas and experiments
- Origins of Life II Primeval environments and the origins of RNA
- Understanding Scientific Journals and Articles How to approach reading journal articles
- Using Graphs and Visual Data in Science Reading and interpreting graphs
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