
Appendix N
Osmotic Pressure of Solutions of Sucrose in
Water at 20ºC
Molality
(n)
Molar
concentration to
Observed
osmotic pressure
(atm)
Calculated osmotic
pressure (dyne
cm
−2
)
Calculated osmotic
potential (ω) (erg
g
−1
)
0.1 0.098 2.59 2.36 −2.364
0.2 0.192 5.06 4.63 −4.638
0.3 0.282 7.61 6.80 −6.812
0.4 0.370 10.14 8.90 −8.915
0.5 0.453 12.75 10.90 −10.919
0.6 0.533 15.39 12.80 −12.822
0.7 0.610 18.13 14.70 −14.726
0.8 0.685 20.91 16.50 −16.529
0.9 0.757 23.72 18.20 −18.232
1.0 0.825 26.64 19.80 −19.835