LkLkIMLN1AL MANUAL

Mass 1ransfer Lab

D|ffus|on Coeff|c|ent Apparatus














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Genera| Startup rocedure
rlor Lo runnlng an experlmenL sLudenLs are advlsed Lo perform Lhe followlng sLarL
up procedure
lll Lhe waLer wlLh clean (preferably fllLered) waLer Lo approxlmaLely 20 mm from Lhe
Lop
lug Lhe maln cable Lo Lhe elecLrlcal supply 8e sure LhaL Lhe volLage of Lhe supply ls
correcL Lo sulLe Lhe equlpmenL
wlLch on Lhe maln power on Lhe conLrol panel
d[usL Lhe seLpolnL value on Lhe LemperaLure conLroller Lo 30
0
C
worninq"" uo noL seL Lhe LemperaLure conLroller beyond 70
0
C
wlLch on Lhe heaLer Cbserve Lhe waLer LemperaLure heaLs up Lo 30
0
C and remaln
consLanL
1he equlpmenL ls now ready for experlmenL
r|m|ng procedure for cap|||ary 1ube
8efore uslng Lhe caplllary Lube ln an experlmenL uslng aceLone sLudenLs are advlsed Lo
clean Lhe lnslde of Lhe Lube
repare a weak soluLlon of deLergenL
Dse Lhe Plrschman plpeLLe Lo flll Lhe Lube wlLh Lhe soluLlon 1applng Lhe of slde of
Lhe Lube may be necessary lf Lhe soluLlon ls Lrapped and does noL flow down
1urn Lhe Lube upsldedown and shake LmpLy Lhe Lube
epeaL sLeps 2 Lo 3 wlLh aceLone
1he Lube ls now ready for sLudenL experlmenL



Genera| Shutdown rocedure
fLer Lhe compleLlon of an experlmenL sLudenLs are advlsed Lo shuL down Lhe
equlpmenL as follows
wlLch off Lhe heaLer and alr pump
d[usL Lhe seLpolnL value of Lhe LemperaLure conLroller Lo approxlmaLely 3 degree
below Lhe room LemperaLure
llow Lhe waLer Lo cool down unLll lL ls safe Lo Louch Cpen Lhe draln valve and
empLy Lhe waLer Lank
ueLach Lhe flexlble Lublng and clean Lhe caplllary Lube for nexL use (efer Lo prlmlng
procedure)
wlLch off Lhe maln power Dnplug Lhe maln cable lf Lhe equlpmenL wlll noL be used
for a long perlod


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W|nke|mann's method

rocedure

1 erform Lhe sLarLup procedure
arLlally flll Lhe caplllary Lube wlLh aceLone Lo a depLh of abouL 33 mm
Carefully lnserL Lhe caplllary Lube Lhrough Lhe flLLlng on Lhe Lop of Lhe
waLer baLh cover uo noL overLlghLen Lhe flLLlng
Cbserve Lhe lnlLlal level of aceLone Lhrough Lhe Lelescope ecord Lhe
level of aceLone
ConnecL Lhe flexlble Lublng from Lhe alr pump llne Lo one end of Lhe
caplllary Lube wlLch on Lhe alr pump
fLer 30 mlnuLes swlLch off Lhe alr pump ulsconnecL Lhe flexlble
Lublng and close Lhe Lwo caplllary Lubes ends wlLh Lhe cap provlded
Cbserve and record Lhe level of aceLone
epeaL sLeps 4 Lo 6 aL 30 mlnuLes lnLervals




4N4LY5l5 ul5cu55lON

loL L/ (LL
0)
agalnsL (LL
0
)ueLermlne gas dlffuslvlLy u from Lhe obLalned slope
Compare Lhe experlmenLal value wlLh Lhe LheoreLlcal value LhaL can be predlcLed
from emplrlcal equaLlons (eg modlfled Maxwell's equaLlon by Cllllland)



Observotions ond co/cu/otions

loltlol level (l
0
) cm
@ime {min) Leve/ {L) cm LL
0
(cm) t/{LL
0
)