
doi: 10.1038/097122b0
THE interesting controversy between Profs. van Laar and Ehrenfest, referred to in NATURE of March 16, again raises the question of the cause for the approximate equality between osmotic pressure and gas pressure. In this connection the following simple proof, based on the kinetic theory, of van't Hoff's well-known relationship, may be of interest.
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