Chapter 14: External Diffusion Effects on Heteregeneous Reactions

Expanded Material

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  • Diffusion Through a Film to a Catalyst Particle
  • Diffusion through a Stagnant Film at Dilute Concentrations without Reaction-Transdermal Drug Delivery
  • The Shrinking Core Model
  • Web Additional Homework Problem
  • Example 14.4.1: Correlations for the Mass Transfer Coefficient
  • Methods to Experimentally Measure Diffusivities
    1. Measuring Gas Phase Diffusivities
    2. Measuring Liquid Phase Diffusivities