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Osmosis chamber. Oxygen doses injected at 1 doses. Near chamber 1.3 mmol/L, Far chamber 6.5 mmol/L. Currently near chamber is short by 5.2 mmol/L.TUNINGnet diffusion → lower concentration
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Near chamber

1.3mmol/L

Far chamber

6.5mmol/L

Near chamber is short by 5.2 mmol/L

1 doses

Osmosis chamber. Oxygen doses injected at 1 doses. Near chamber 1.3 mmol/L, Far chamber 6.5 mmol/L. Currently near chamber is short by 5.2 mmol/L.

What has to balanceJ=−D∇CJ = -D\nabla C

What is happening

You arrive at an incubator whose oxygen keeps pooling at one end.

Gas keeps flowing instead of settling. The far chamber holds 6.5 mmol/L, and every dose injected into the near chamber lifts it by 1.3 mmol/L.