The Effect of Temperature

on the Rate of Diffusion 1

Daniel Estrallado
Kaye Faulmino
Noelle Labrador
Yla Maria Hernandez
Group 2 Sec. X-1L

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A scientific paper submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements in
General Biology I laboratory under Mr. Jickerson P. Lado, 2 nd sem., 2010-2011.
 INTRODUCTION

Diffusion is the migration or intermingling of molecules of different

substances as a result of random molecular motion. It is a physical process that

can be observed with any type of molecule. (Mader 1997)

According to Simpson and Beck (1965), diffusion does not exert force to

move the molecules of gas or liquid farther apart unlike in solid, the molecules

are packed together that diffusion among them may force them to become far

apart.

The rates of diffusion of two different gases are inversely proportional to

the square root of their molar masses. A lighter gas diffuses faster than a heavier

gas. The molecule that diffuses fastest takes the shortest time to do so. Also the

molecule that diffuses fastest travels farthest in a given period of time. (Pertrucci

1997)
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