Assignment-1 Gas-Gas System

Ammonia gas is diffusing at a constant rate through a

layer of stagnant air 1 mm thick. Conditions are such
that the gas contains 50 per cent by volume ammonia
at one boundary of the stagnant layer. The ammonia
diffusing to the other boundary is quickly absorbed and
the concentration is negligible at that plane. The
temperature is 295 K and the pressure atmospheric,
and under these conditions the diffusivity of ammonia
in
air is 1.8 x 10~5 m2/s. Estimate the rate of diffusion of
ammonia through the layer.
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Assignment-2: Gas-Gas System
A large tank having gases A (90 mole %) and B is connected to another
large tank with A (5 mole %) and B. Both the tanks are at 298 K and 1
atm and are connected through a pipe 5 cm in inner diameter and 15
cm long. If the rate of transport of A is found to be 1.95X10-6 kmol/s
and equimolar counter diffusion is prevailing, calculate the diffusivity of
A in B.

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Assignment-3: Gas-Gas System
Water in the bottom of a narrow metal tube is held at a constant
temperature of 293 K. The total pressure of the dry air is 1.013X105 Pa.
Water evaporates and diffuses through the air in the tube along a
diffusional path of length 0.1524 m. Calculate the rate of evaporation at
steady state if diffusivity at given condition is 0.25X10-4 m2/s and the
vapor pressure of water at 293 K is 2.34X103 Pa. Also find the partial
pressure of water vapor at a distance of 0.07 m form the interface.

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Assignment-4: Gas-Gas System
• Methane diffuses at steady state through a tube containing helium. At
two planes 0.03m apart the partial pressure of methane is 100 kPa
and 30 kPa, respectively. The total pressure is 202.62 kPa and
temperature is 303 K. If the molar flux of methane is 5.2X10-5
kmol/m2s, calculate the diffusivity at 293 K and 1 atm pressure.

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Assignment-1: Liquid-Liquid System

• At the bottom of a cylindrical container is n-butanol. Pure air is

passed over the open top of the container. The pressure is 1 atm and
the temperature is 70 °F. The diffusivity of air-n-butanol is 8.57×10‒6
m2/s at the given conditions. If the surface of n-butanol is 6.0 ft
below the top f the container, calculate the diffusion rate of n-
butanol. Vapor pressure of n-butanol is 0.009 atm at the given
conditions.
• [Universal gas constant = 0.08205 m3-atm/kmol-K]

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Assignment-2: Liquid-Liquid System
Hydrochloric acid (A) diffuses through 4 mm thick stagnant film
of water (B) at 298 K. The concentration of A on the two opposite sides
of the film is 12 wt % (sp.gr. 1.06) and 4 wt % (sp.gr. 1.02), respectively.
Calculate the mass flux of A if its diffusivity is 2.5X10-9 m2/s.

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Assignment-3 Liquid-Liquid system

• An ethanol (A)-water (B) solution in the form of a stagnant film 2.0

mm thick at 293 K is in contact at one surface with an organic solvent
in which ethanol is soluble and water is insoluble. Hence NB = 0. At
point 1, the concentration of ethanol is 16.8 wt% and the solution
density is 972.8 kg/m3. At point 2, the concentration of ethanol is 6.8
wt% and density is 988.1 kg/m3.The diffusivity of ethanol is 0.740 ×
10-9 m2/s. Calculate the steady state flux NA.

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