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    1. Estimate the gas-phase diffusion coefficient of methanol in air at 50°C and 1.5 atm using the Brokaw approach for polar compounds. Compare the estimated value to the experimental value in Table J.1 scaled to 50°C. 2. Calculate: a) the molar concentration of toluene in groundwater, b) the mole and mass fractions of toluene, c) the molecular diffusion coefficient of toluene in groundwater using Wilke-Chang, d) justify ignoring hindered diffusion based on estimated solute diameter, e) the effective diffusion coefficient of toluene within the water-filled porous mineral particle. 3. For a cylindrical tube with CO

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    1. Estimate the gas-phase diffusion coefficient of methanol in air at 50°C and 1.5 atm using the Brokaw approach for polar compounds. Compare the estimated value to the experimental value in Table J.1 scaled to 50°C. 2. Calculate: a) the molar concentration of toluene in groundwater, b) the mole and mass fractions of toluene, c) the molecular diffusion coefficient of toluene in groundwater using Wilke-Chang, d) justify ignoring hindered diffusion based on estimated solute diameter, e) the effective diffusion coefficient of toluene within the water-filled porous mineral particle. 3. For a cylindrical tube with CO

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    1. Estimate the gas-phase diffusion coefficient of methanol in air at 50°C and 1.5 atm using the Brokaw approach for polar compounds. Compare the estimated value to the experimental value in Table J.1 scaled to 50°C. 2. Calculate: a) the molar concentration of toluene in groundwater, b) the mole and mass fractions of toluene, c) the molecular diffusion coefficient of toluene in groundwater using Wilke-Chang, d) justify ignoring hindered diffusion based on estimated solute diameter, e) the effective diffusion coefficient of toluene within the water-filled porous mineral particle. 3. For a cylindrical tube with CO

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    CHE 120 Homework # 2

    Due Friday, January 22


    1. Estimate the gas-phase diffusion coefficient of methanol (CH3OH) in air at 50 oC and 1.5 atm using
    the approach developed by Brokaw for polar compounds. The dipole moment of methanol is 1.69
    Debye, its normal boiling point is 64.7 oC, and its molecular volume at its normal boiling point can be
    calculated from values in Table 24.5. Compare the estimated value with the experimental value
    reported in Table J.1, scaled to 50 oC.

    2. Toluene, a contaminant in groundwater, is diffusing into an inert porous mineral particle at 15 oC.
    The particle has a void fraction of 0.3 with a mean pore diameter of 0.4 µm, and the pores are filled
    with groundwater. The critical volume of toluene is 379 cm3/gmole. The mass concentration of
    toluene in the groundwater surrounding the particle is 0.03 g/L, which is below its solubility limit.

    a. What is the molar concentration of toluene in the groundwater?


    b. What are the mole and mass fractions of toluene in the groundwater?
    c. Use the Wilke-Chang correlation to estimate the molecular diffusion coefficient of toluene in
    groundwater.
    d. Justify why hindered diffusion of the toluene solute through the solvent-filled pore can be
    ignored. (hint, use the molecular volume calculated in c. to estimate the solute diameter)
    e. Estimate the effective diffusion coefficient of toluene within the water-filled porous mineral
    particle.
    3. Consider a cylindrical tube of radius 2.0 mm and length 30 mm that is open on both ends. Its inner
    cylindrical walls are coated with a catalyst that promotes oxidation of carbon monoxide (CO = A) gas
    by oxygen (O2 = B) to form carbon dioxide (CO2 = C). The inlet gas, which is 0.5 mass% CO diluted in
    O2, continuously flows into the tube. On the catalytic surface, CO is oxidized to CO2 through the
    reaction CO + 1/2O2 → CO2, which is fast enough to approximate as instantaneous.

    Because both CO and CO2 are dilute, the mixture can be considered to be pseudo-binary and the
    diffusion coefficient for CO in the mixture can be approximated as that in just the O2 (so DAM = DAB).

    You should use expressions describing mass concentrations and mass fluxes. The mass
    concentration and flux equation counterparts are the same as equations 25-24 through 25-29 with
    the substitution of mass quantities for molar quantities (e.g., nx for Nx; ρ for c).

    a. Draw and label the process


    b. State all relevant assumptions. Include next to each a brief statement of why the assumption is
    reasonable.
    c. State all necessary boundary conditions. Include next to each a brief statement of why the
    boundary condition is reasonable.
    d. Develop the most simplified form of the general differential equation for mass transfer in terms
    of the mass fraction profile for CO, ρA.

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