Pure water at atmospheric pressure has a water potential, solute potential, and pressure potential of zero.
Learn what happens to the water potential when you add solute and physical pressure to a solution.
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0.1M solute is added
Ψ = 0
Ψs = 0
Ψp = 0
Ψ = Ψs + Ψp
Ψ = 0
Ψs = 0
Ψp = 0