
Physical Property of Liquids and
Gases 123
Liquid-Phase Diffusion Coefficients
Diffusion coefficients in liquid phases depend on concentration and
are valid for dilute solutions, that is, solute concentrations no greater
than 10%. Also, the lower the solute concentration, the more accurate
the calculated coefficients. For a binary mixture of solute A in solvent
B, the diffusion coefficient can be represented as D~ concentra-
tions of A up to 5 or 10 mole percent [20]. A number of correlations
have been proposed for predicting D~ dilute liquid solutions
[21,22,23]. Here, the Wilke-Chang method is employed for estimating
D o This can be expressed as:
AB"
_
)~
DOau 7.4 • 10 -8 (r (2-19)
0.6
~'~B 9 VA
where D~ - Diffusion coefficient of solute A at very low concentra-
tions in solvent B, cm2/s
MwB - molecular weight of solvent B
T- absolute temperature, K
~t B - viscosity of solvent B, cP
v A - molal volume of solute A at its normal boiling tempera-
ture, cm3/g-mol
- association factor of solvent B, dimensionless
= 2.6 for water (some workers recommend 2.26)
= 1.9 for methanol
= 1.5 for ethanol
= 1.0 for unassociated solvents
The Le Bas additive volumes given by Reid
et al.
[2] can be used for
the value of V A, if no experimental data are available.
Gas-Phase Diffusion Coefficients
Diffusion coefficients for non-polar gases may be estimated from
Chapman and Cowling [24], Wilke and Lee [25] and Fuller, Schettler,
and Giddings [26]. Here, the Fuller, Schettler, and Giddings's method
can be expressed as:
f
t0.5
10 -3T 1"75
MwA +
MwB
DoB MwA 9 MwB
- 2 (2-20)
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