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What is RO membrane and how does it work?

RO membrane is the abbreviation of reverse osmosis membrane, which means reverse osmosis or reverse osmosis in Chinese. Infiltration is a physical phenomenon of water. Because the concentration of water is different, and the way of water infiltration is from low concentration to high concentration, reverse osmosis is understandable, that is, once water is pressurized, it will flow from high concentration to low concentration, which is the so-called reverse osmosis principle. The reverse osmosis water purifier pressurizes one side of high concentration water, so that the water is forced to flow from high concentration to low concentration side through RO membrane, thus achieving the purpose of purifying water. Because the pore size of RO membrane is five millionths (0.000 1 micron) of human hair, it is invisible to naked eyes, and the bacterial virus is 5000 times as large as it. Therefore, only water molecules and some mineral ions beneficial to human body can pass through, and other impurities and heavy metals are discharged from the waste water pipe. This method is used in all seawater desalination processes and astronaut wastewater recovery and treatment, so RO membrane is also called high-tech artificial kidney in vitro. RO membrane is mostly used in civil water purifiers. As one of the filtration devices of water purifier, it plays a core role in the process of filtering tap water into pure water. RO membrane can effectively remove calcium, magnesium, bacteria, organic matter, inorganic matter, metal ions and radioactive substances in water, and the water purified by this device is clear and sweet. The device is suitable for families, hotels, hotels, hospitals and other enterprises and institutions to drink clean water.