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Investigating Osmosis Introduction Osmosis is the diffusion of water molecules, down a water potential gradient, across a partially permeable membrane. If the solutions on each side of the partially permeable membrane are equally concentrated then there will be no net movement of water across the membrane. If the solution outside the cell has a low concentration of solute, this causes cells to become turgid as water flows into them, or if the solution outside the cell is of high concentration the cells become plasmolysed as the water flows out. Even if the solute concentration external to the cell is low relative to the vacuole contents, cell will not continue to take in water by osmosis for ever. The cellulose cell wall prevents this. A cell that is full of water is said to be turgid and cannot expand further as the outward pressure on the cell wall is balanced by the inward...

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