Chapter 7: Unit 8: Dialysis

Dialysis

Dialysis is a method of separating larger particles such as colloids from small particles such as sodium chloride via a semipermeable membrane.

This method has several medical and chemical applications, kidney dialysis to name a few.

The kidney is very important organ in our body which has the duty to remove harmful particles from the blood stream and also to regulate the blood ionic concentration at the same time keep the important needed particles in the blood.

Kidney dialysis

When the kidney is malfunctioned, dialysis must be performed to remove all harmful and unwanted    large molecules using kidney dialysis machine which is using semipermeable membrane.

A You Tube illustrates the kidney dialysis.