Subject: A question on osmotic pressure.

From: Eric Sribnick <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 1995 14:24:15 -0400 (EST)

This may sound simple, but I was wondering.  Say one had a setup to 
demonstrate osmotic pressure: A beaker of water with an inverted thistle 
tube placed in the water,and  the thistle tube would
contain a starch solution and would have a semi-permeable membrane on the 
submerged end of the thistle tube.  If the tube part was cut down lower 
than the point where osmotic pressure pushes the water up to, would water 
come out of the end of the tube?

Thanks for all responses and I will be sure to post them!
Eric Sribnick