TABLE 11-2 Comparison of Methods for Estimating Gas Diffusion Coefficients at Low Pressures Errors as percent of DasP experimental values (exp.). (em*/s) Wilke- Fuller System T,K bar Ref.* Theoretical Brokaw Lee et al. ‘Air-carbon dioxide 276014 «9 ~~ 6 2 3 317 0.179 -2 6 -i ethanol 313 0.147 13° -10 “16-11 -8 Air-helium 276 06329 0 1 <5 346 0.914 0 2 2 Air-n-hexane 294.0081 5 -6 -4 +7 328 0.094 -1 1 =2 methylfuran 334.0.107 1 2 9 8 naphthalene 303 0.087 4 -18 -20 ‘Air-water 3130202 5-18 “15; -16 <5 Ammonia-diethyl ether 288 0.101 20-24 -12 -15 2 337 0.139 24 “12-15 =2 ‘Argon-ammonia 255 0.152 19 3 5 4°63 333 0.256 3 5 2 7 Argon-benzene 323 0085 12 9 415 373 0.112 9 Bo ‘Argon-helium 2760655 «9 = -2 =1 4181417 6-9 6 Argon-hexafluarobenzene 323 0.082 12 -18 373 0.095 -9 Argon-hydrogen 205084 22-9 -4 628 3.25 =15 -7 1068 8.21 -19 -1 Argon-krypton 273.0121 18 9 =1 0 ‘Atgon-methane 298 0.2056 5 3 Argon-sulfur dioxide 2630078 13 18 8 Argon-xenon 195 0.052 6 2 9 378 0.180 -3 0 Carbon dioxide-helium 298 0.620 17-3 -5 498 1.433 -1 1 Carbon dioxide-nitrogen 298 0.169 210-7 -3 Cargon dioxide-nitrous oxide 313.0130 3 -6 -4 -3 Carbon dioxide-sulfur dioxide 473 0.198 13 7 14 15 Carbon dioxide-tetrafluotomethane 298 0.087 11 o =12 673 0.385 -3 -17 Carbon dioxide-water 307.0201 «7-21 12 i Carbon monoxide-nitrogen 37303222 2-6 -13 -4 Ethylene-water 328 0.236 15-25 -16 =3 Helium-benzene 423 0618 17 9 -4 Helium-bromobenzene 4270.55 8 28 -2 Helium-2-chlorobutane 429 0.568 8 33 -2 Helium-n-butanol 423 0.595 17 28 -2 Helium-|-iodobutane 4280524 8 1 Helium-methanol 432 1.046 17 8 2 Helium-nitrogen 298 0.696 17 2Errors as percent of DagP : esi experimental values (cm*/s) Wilke- Fuller System T,K bar Ref.* Theoretical Brokaw Lee et al Helium-water 352 1.136 15 1 8 -11 0 Hydrogen-acetone 296 0430 15 = 1 -9 2 Hydrogen-ammonia 263 0.58 13 3 8 = q 358 1.11 13 4 0 =15 -4 473 1.89 =F -19 -9 Hydrogen-cyclohexane 289 0.323 10 ia 5 +2 Hydrogen-naphthalene 303 0305 4 7 -1 Hydrogen-nitrobenzene 493 0.831 14 16 =10 4 Hydrogen-nitrogen 294.0.773 16-5 -14 =1 573 2449 -8 -15 1 Hydrogen-pyridine 318 0.443 10 9-8 5 Hydrogen-water 307 0.927 7 =12 -7 =21 4 Methane-water 352 0.361 15 -19 -13 -18 -2 Nitrogen-ammonia 298 0.233 13 a5 4 -7 -2 358 0.332 -6 -i —9 -5 Nitrogen-aniline 473 0.182 14 4 T 9 Nitrogen-sulfur dioxide 263 0.105 13 -3 4 o 0 Nitrogen-water 308 0.259 15 =H 8 -12 7 352 0.364 18 -15 —20 —4 Nitrogen-sulfur hexafluoride 378 0.146 IL 6 12 3 Oxygen-benzene 311 0.102 10 =9 =5 —3 Oxygen-carbon tetrachloride 296 0.076 13 -6 6 6 Oxygen-cyclohexane 289 0076 10-7 2. -1 Oxygen-water 352.0357 15 IT -12 =16 0 Average absolute error 79 96 54 * References: 1, Alvarez, et al. (1983); 2, Amdur and Shuler (1963); 3, Amdur, et al, (1952), 4, Caldwell (1984); 5, Carmichael, et al, (1955); 6, Carswell and Stryland (1963), 7, Crider (1956); 8, Puller, et al. (1969); 9, Holson and Strunk (1964): 10, Hudson, et al. (1960);.11, Kestin, et al. (1977); 12, Maczek and Edwards (1979); 13, Mason and Monschick (1962); 14, Pathak, et al. (1981); 15, Schwartz and Brow (1951); 16, Scott and Cox (1960); 17, Seager, et al. (1963); 18, Srivastava and Srivastava (1959); 19, Srivastava and Srivastava (1962); 20. Srivastava and Srivastava (1963); 21, Walker and Westenberg (1958); 22, Wes- tenberg and Frazier (1962).