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Explain why pure water has the maximum water potential.

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The difference between chemical potential of water at any point in a system and that of pure water under standard condition is called water potential.
Water molecules possess kinetic energy. In liquid and gaseous form, they are in random motion that is both rapid and constant. The greater the concentration of water in a system, the higher is its kinetic energy or its water potential. That is why, pure water will have maximum water potential.
Also refer .Why to get confused with negative vlaue of water potential?. of Chapter - 11, page 12.
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