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Your last recorded submission was on 2022-08-06, 12:54 Due date: 2022-08-10, 23:59 IST.
How does an IST
NPTEL
online 1) Method to determine the gas-phase diffusion coefficient experimentally is 1 point
course

(a) twin-bulb method
work? ()

(b) use of Stefan tube
Week 0:
(c) spectroscopy
Prerequisite
(d) both (a) and (b)
()
2) Use of Stefan tube is suitable 1 point
Week 1:

(a) when one component is a volatile liquid and other component is an insoluble gas
Diffusion
Mass
(b) when one component is a volatile liquid and other component is a soluble gas
Transfer -I ()
(c) when both components are gas

(d) when both components are volatile liquid
Week 2:
Diffusion 3) Diffusivity of binary gas mixture is related to pressure(P) as 1 point
Mass
Transfer -II ()
(a) P0.5

(b) P-1
Lec 5:

(c) P
Diffusion
through
(d)  P2
variable cross-
4) The general equation for steady state diffusion
through variable area is 1 point
sectional area
(unit?

(a) (Area)*(Flux) = Constant
unit=24&lesson=25)

(b) (Area)/(Flux) = Constant
Lec 6: Gas

(c) (Volume)*(Flux) = Constant
Phase
Diffusion
(d) (Volume)/(Flux) = Constant
Coefficient

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 8/6/22, 12:54 PM Mass Transfer Operations -I - - Unit 4 - Week 2: Diffusion Mass Transfer -II

measurement 5) Two large vessels containing gaseous mixtures of A and B at different 1 point
Assessment
(unit?submitted. concentrations but at the same total pressure connected by a tapered tube of length 15 cm and
X unit=24&lesson=26) end diameters of 1 cm and 9 cm. What should be the diameter of cylindrical tube of same length
Lec 7: Gas that allows the same rate of transport of A?
Phase
Diffusion
(a) 2.5 cm
Coefficient
(b) 3.0 cm
prediction and

(c) 3.5cm
liquid phase
diffusion
(d) 4.0 cm
coefficient
6) Consider steady-state equimolar counterdiffusion
through the converging-diverging tube.
measurement
Radius at the ends of tube are r1
= 2 cm and r2 = 4 cm. Given NA1= 10-6 kmol/m2sec
at the
and prediction
(unit?
end 1. The rate of transport of B at the end 2 of the tube is________
*10-7  kmol/m2sec.
unit=24&lesson=27)
2.5
Lec 8:
Multicomponent Hint
diffusion and
diffusivity in 1 point
solids (unit?
unit=24&lesson=28) 7) Two glass bulbs (volume of bulb 1 is 10 lit;bulb
2 is 20 lit) are connected by a narrow
tube. Bulb 1 is filled with gas A, and
bulb 2 with gas B, both at 1 atm pressure. Equimolar
Week 2:
counterdiffusion of A and
B starts. The initial flux of A is (NA)1. After 10 hours,
half of A
Feedback
diffuses out from bulb 1 to bulb 2 and the flux becomes (NA)2.
Pseudo-steady state prevails.
Form (unit?
The ratio (NA)1/(NA)2
is ___________
unit=24&lesson=29)

Quiz: Week 4
02:
Assignment Hint
02
(assessment? 1 point
name=115)
8) Equimolar counter
diffusion of A and B occurs through spherical film of i.d. (inner
Download diameter) = ri
and thickness δ. The flux of A is (NA)1 at r = ri.
The flux through a flat film of
Videos () same thickness is (NA)2.
If (NA)1 is larger than (NA)2 by 3
%, the film thickness δ will be____
times of ri 
Problem
Solving 0.03
Session ()
Hint
 
1 point
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