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Electrophoresis vs Electroosmosis - What's the difference?

electrophoresis | electroosmosis |

As nouns the difference between electrophoresis and electroosmosis

is that electrophoresis is the migration of electrically charged molecules through a medium under the influence of an electric field while electroosmosis is the migration of ions in a solvent through the capillaries of a membrane under the influence of an applied electric field.

electrophoresis

English

Noun

  • the migration of electrically charged molecules through a medium under the influence of an electric field
  • a method for the separation and analysis of large molecules (such as proteins) by migrating a colloidal solution of them through a gel; gel electrophoresis

    • electroosmosis

    English

    (electro-osmosis)

    Alternative forms

    * electro-osmosis *

    Noun

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  • (physics) the migration of ions in a solvent through the capillaries of a membrane under the influence of an applied electric field