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Why is the osmotic pressure measurement preferred for determining molecular mass of proteins?

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Proteins are high molecular mass materials. The magnitude of a colligative property depends inversely on the molecular mass. For high molecular mass proteins the only colligative property which has a measurable magnitude is the osmotic pressure.
Therefore, to determine the molecular mass of proteins, osmotic pressure is preferred.

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