Diffusion and Mass Transfer

Abstract

Introduction Generalized Transport Phenomena Approach to Problem Analysis General Content Conservation Laws and Field Equations Concentrations, Velocities, and Fluxes Thermodynamics of Purely Viscous Fluid Mixtures Conservation of Mass for a One-Component System Conservation of Mass for a Mixture Modification of Field Equations for Mass Transfer Conservation of Linear Momentum for One-Component Systems Conservation of Linear Momentum for a Mixture Conservation of Moment of Momentum for One-Component Systems Conservation of Moment of Momentum for a Mixture Strategies for the Solution of Mass Transfer Problems Boundary Conditions Definitions Jump Balances for Mass Conservation Jump Balances for Linear Momentum Conservation Postulated Boundary Conditions at Phase Interfaces Boundary Conditions in the Absence of Mass Transfer Utilization of Jump Balances Additional Comments on Boundary Conditions Boundary Conditions and Uniqueness of Solutions Constitutive Equations Constitutive Principles First-Order Theory for Binary Systems Combined Field and Constitutive Equations for First-Order Binary Theory First-Order Theory for Ternary Systems Special Second-Order Theory for Binary Systems Viscoelastic Effects in Flow and Diffusion Validity of Constitutive Equations Parameters in Constitutive Equations General Approach in Parameter Determination Diffusion in Polymer-Solvent Mixtures Diffusion in Infinitely Dilute Polymer Solutions Diffusion in Dilute Polymer Solutions Diffusion in Concentrated Polymer Solutions - Free-Volume Theory for Self-Diffusion Diffusion in Concentrated Polymer Solutions - Mutual Diffusion Process Diffusion in Crosslinked Polymers Additional Properties of Diffusion Coefficients Special Behaviors of Polymer-Penetrant Systems Volumetric Behavior of Polymer-Penetrant Systems Sorption Behavior of Polymer-Penetrant Systems Antiplasticization Nonequilibrium at Polymer-Penetrant Interfaces Mathematical Apparatus Basic Definitions Classification of Second-Order Partial Differential Equations Specification of Boundary Conditions Sturm-Liouville Theory Series and Integral Representations of Functions Solution Methods for Partial Differential Equations Separation of Variables Method Separation of Variables Solutions Integral Transforms Similarity Transformations Green's Functions for Ordinary Differential Equations Green's Functions for Elliptic Equations Green's Functions for Parabolic Equations Perturbation Solutions Weighted Residual Method Solution Strategy for Mass Transfer Problems Proposed Solution Methods Induced Convection Solutions of a General Set of Mass Transfer Problems Mixing of Two Ideal Gases Steady Evaporation of a Liquid in a Tube Unsteady-State Evaporation Analysis of Free Diffusion Experiments Dissolution of a Rubbery Polymer Bubble Growth from Zero Initial Size Stability Behavior and Negative Concentrations in Ternary Systems Analysis of Impurity Migration in Plastic Containers Efficiency of Green's Function Solution Method Mass Transfer in Tube Flow Time-Dependent Interfacial Resistance Laminar Liquid Jet Diffusion Analysis Analysis of the Diaphragm Cell Dissolved Organic Carbon Removal from Marine Aquariums Unsteady Diffusion in a Block Copolymer Drying of Solvent-Coated Polymer Films Flow and Diffusion Past a Flat Plate with Solid Dissolution Gas Absorption in Vertical Laminar Liquid Jet Utilization of Polymers in Drug Delivery Gas Absorption and Diffusion into a Falling Liquid Film Perturbation Solutions of Mass Transfer Moving Boundary Problems Dissolution of a Plane Surface of a Pure Gas Phase Bubble Dissolution Singular Perturbations in Moving Boundary Problems Dropping Mercury Electrode Sorption in Thin Films Numerical Analysis of Mass Transfer Moving Boundary Problems Diffusion and Reaction Design of a Tubular Polymerization Reactor Transport Effects in Low-Pressure CVD Reactors Solution of Reaction Problems with First-Order Reactions Plug Flow Reactors with Variable Mass Density Bubble Dissolution and Chemical Reaction Danckwerts Boundary Conditions for Chemical Reactors Transport in Nonporous Membranes Assumptions Used in the Theory for Membrane Transport Steady Mass Transport in Binary Membranes Steady Mass Transport in Ternary Membranes Unsteady Mass Transport in Binary Membranes Phase Inversion Process for Forming Asymmetric Membranes Pressure Effects in Membranes Analysis of Sorption and Desorption Derivation of a Short-Time Solution Form for Sorption in Thin Films Sorption to a Film from a Pure Fluid of Finite Volume A General Analysis of Sorption in Thin Films Analysis of Step-Change Sorption Experiments Integral Sorption in Glassy Polymers Integral Sorption in Rubbery Polymers Oscillatory Diffusion and Diffusion Waves Dispersion and Chromatography Formulation of Taylor Dispersion Problem Dispersion in Laminar Tube Flow for Low Peclet Numbers Dispersion in Laminar Tube Flow for Long Times Dispersion in Laminar Tube Flow for Short Times Analysis of an Inverse Gas Chromatography Experiment Effects of Pressure Gradients on Diffusion: Wave Behavior and Sedimentation Wave Propagation in Binary Fluid Mixtures Hyperbolic Waves Dispersive Waves Time Effects for Parabolic and Hyperbolic Equations Sedimentation Equilibrium Viscoelastic Diffusion Experimental Results for Sorption Experiments Viscoelastic Effects in Step-Change Sorption Experiments Slow Bubble Dissolution in a Viscoelastic Fluid Transport with Moving Reference Frames Relationships Between Fixed and Moving Reference Frames Field Equations in Moving Reference Frames Steady Diffusion in an Ultracentrifuge Material Time Derivative Operators Frame Indifference of Material Time Derivatives Frame Indifference of Velocity Gradient Tensor Rheological Implications Appendix: Vector and Tensor Notation General Notation Conventions Vectors Tensors Results for Curvilinear Coordinates Material and Spatial Representations Reynolds' Transport Theorem