LIQUID DIFFUSIVITY

Group 4
Mohammed Aldahlan
Naif Alboainain
Ali Alghamdi

Theory

Fick's law:

Concentration at the salt solution end is costent and 0 at the water end
Ficks law can be written as

procedure
five different concentrations of Sodium Chloride (NaCl) solutions were
prepared.
filling the diffusion cell with the solution
the capillary tubes were ensured to be in place
Immersing the cell into 1.4 L of distilled water, until the top of the
capillaries was right below the water level
conductivity meter and the magnetic stirrer
This procedure was repeated using different molarity of NaCl solutions.

Result
Calibration Curve
0.8
0.7
0.6

f(x) = 78.11x - 0.06

0.5

Conductivity (mS) 0.4

0.3
0.2
0.1
0
0

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

Concentration (M)

Slope = 78
Used as proportionality factor in calculating the diffusivity

Result

The conductivity increases with time

Slope of the best fit line was used in determining the diffusivity

Result

Result

Result
2.50E-05
2.00E-05
1.50E-05

Diffusivity(cm2/sec)
1.00E-05
5.00E-06
0.00E+00

Concentration (M)

gas diffusivity in a range of 10E-2 and 10 cm2/sec

solids diffusivity in a range of 10E-8 and 10E-30 cm2/sec

simple calculation

Diffusivity for 1 M Sodium Chloride Solution

y = 0.0002x + 0.3992;
D=

conclusion

The conductivity for all concentrations increased by time .

The results showed that the diffusivity increases as the concentration increases.
The hypothesis; the longer the time, the higher the conductivity was accepted .
The higher the concentration of the salt solution, the higher the diffusivity of the solution.
the higher the concentration of the salt solution, the higher the diffusivity of the solution.

recommendation
Be very careful to remove an air bubbles on either side of the
interface any bubbles will add significant experimental
error.
make sure that the device does not shake.
improper placement of the probe inside the vessel.

reference

Questions?