Diffusion: Mass Transfer in Fluid Systems

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Cambridge University Press, Feb 28, 1997 - Science - 580 pages
This second edition of a highly acclaimed text provides a clear and complete description of diffusion in fluids. It retains the features that won praise for the first edition--informal style, emphasis on physical insight and basic concepts, and lots of simple examples. The new edition offers increased coverage of unit operations, with chapters on absorption, distillation, extraction, and adsorption. New chapters on membranes and drug release broaden the book's scope. The entire text is extensively illustrated, and many new worked examples and homework problems have been added.
 

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Contents

Models for Diffusion
1
11 The Two Basic Models
2
12 Choosing Between the Two Models
3
13 Examples
6
14 Conclusions
9
Fundamentals of Diffusion
11
Diffusion in Dilute Solutions
13
22 Steady Diffusion Across a Thin Film
18
112 Extraction Equipment
297
113 Differential Extraction
298
114 Staged Extraction
303
115 Conclusions
307
Adsorption
308
121 Adsorbents and Adsorption Isotherms
309
122 Breakthrough Curves
311
123 Mass Transfer Effects
317

23 Unsteady Diffusion in a Semiinfinite Slab
28
24 Three Other Examples
35
25 Convection and Dilute Diffusion
43
26 A Final Perspective
47
Diffusion in Concentrated Solutions
50
32 Different Forms of the Diffusion Equation
53
33 Parallel Diffusion and Convection
58
34 Generalized Mass Balances
65
35 A Guide to Previous Work
72
36 Conclusions
78
Dispersion
79
Taylor Dispersion
81
43 Dispersion in Turbulent Flow
88
44 Values of Dispersion Coefficients
90
45 Conclusions
96
Diffusion Coefficients
99
Values of Diffusion Coefficients
101
52 Diffusion Coefficients in Liquids
111
53 Diffusion in Solids
121
54 Diffusion in Polymers
125
55 The Measurement of Diffusion Coefficients
129
56 A Final Perspective
139
Diffusion of Interacting Species
142
61 Diffusion of Strong Electrolytes
143
62 Diffusion of Associating Solutes
154
63 Solvation
163
64 Diffusion Near Critical or Consolute Points
166
65 SoluteBoundary Interactions
172
66 A Final Perspective
183
Multicomponent Diffusion
185
72 Irreversible Thermodynamics
188
73 Solving the Multicomponent Flux Equations
192
74 Ternary Diffusion Coefficients
197
75 Tracer Diffusion
202
76 Conclusions
206
Mass Transfer
209
Fundamentals of Mass Transfer
211
82 Other Definitions of Mass Transfer Coefficients
217
83 Correlations of Mass Transfer Coefficients
223
The route to Correlations
232
85 Mass Transfer Across Interfaces
237
86 Conclusions
243
Absorption
245
91 The Basic Problem
246
92 Absorption Equipment
248
93 Absorption of a Dilute Vapor
253
94 Absorption of a Concentrated Vapor
258
95 Conclusions
264
Distillation
265
102 Sizing the Column
270
103 The Feed and the Feed Stage
274
104 Nearly Pure Products
278
105 Stage Efficiencies
284
106 Conclusions
292
Extraction
294
124 Other Characteristics of Adsorption
323
125 Conclusions
329
Forced Convection
331
131 The Film Theory
332
132 Penetration and SurfaceRenewal Theories
334
133 Boundary Layer Theory
338
134 The GraetzNusselt Problem
346
135 Theories for Concentrated Solutions
350
136 Conclusions
353
Free Convection
356
142 The Necessary Conditions for Free Convection
359
143 Plumes
363
144 Conclusions
367
Diffusion Coupled With Other Processes
369
General Questions and Heterogeneous Chemical Reactions
371
152 What is a DiffusionControlled Reaction?
373
153 Diffusion and FirstOrder Heterogeneous Reactions
375
154 Finding the Mechanism of Irreversible Heterogeneous Reactions
380
155 Heterogeneous Reactions of Unusual Stoichiometries
384
156 Conclusions
388
Homogeneous Chemical Reactions
390
161 Mass Transfer With FirstOrder Chemical Reactions
391
162 Mass Transfer With SecondOrder Chemical Reactions
399
163 Industrial Gas Treating
403
164 Effectiveness Factors
409
165 DiffusionControlled Fast Reactions
416
166 DispersionControlled Fast Reactions
420
167 Conclusions
426
Membranes
427
171 Physical Factors in Membranes
428
172 Gas Separations
434
173 Reverse Osmosis and Ultrafiltration
440
174 Pervaporation
449
175 Electrolyte Diffusion Across Membranes
454
176 Facilitated Diffusion
460
177 Conclusions
466
Controlled Release and Related Phenomena
467
182 Controlled Release by Solvent Diffusion
472
183 Diffusion and Phase Equilibrium
474
184 Conclusions
477
Heat Transfer
479
192 General Energy Balances
486
193 Heat Transfer Coefficients
489
194 Values of Thermal Conductivity
496
195 Conclusion
502
Simultaneous Heat and Mass Transfer
503
202 Physical Equalities Among Mass Heat and Momentum Transfer
509
203 Design of Cooling Towers
512
204 Fog
518
205 Thermal Diffusion and Effusion
522
206 Conclusions
527
Problems
529
Subject Index
574
Materials Index
579
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TitleDiffusion: Mass Transfer in Fluid Systems
Cambridge Series in Chemical Engineering
AuthorE. L. Cussler
Editionillustrated, reprint, revised
PublisherCambridge University Press, 1997
ISBN0521564778, 9780521564779
Length580 pages
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