Hello everyone i've been stuck on this problem for four days now and its nearing the due date, I don't know what to do I've hit a wall with my solution posting online is my last resort
The problem, all variables and given/known data
Consider a horizontal glass tube with an inner diameter of 5 mm and a length, L, of 500 mm filled with pure nitrogen gas at a temperature of 25C, pressure of 101.3kPA. The tube is capped at both sides. At t=0 one cap is removed exposing one end to oxygen gas at same temperature and pressure.
Calculate the Diffusion Coefficent of oxygen gas in a binary mixture of nitrogen gas with these conditions.
Relevant equations
Diffusion Equation
D=83π(2πμkT)0.5ρσ1
k is the boltzmann constant
T is temperature
μ=m1+m2m1m2 is reduce mass, m is mass
σN2=0.43nm2 is the collision cross section of Nitrogen (O2 = 0.4 nm2)
ρ is the density
Attempt
My attempt at a solution started with calculating the moles of Nitrogen Gas using the cylinder parameters
n=RTPV, where V=πr2L
n=8.31×298101300×π×(0.00252)0.5
n=4.00×10−4mol
Then solved for mass
m=n×MolarMassNitrogen/1000
m=4.00×10−4×28.02/1000
m=1.10×10−5kg
Then solved for density
ρ=pi(0.00252)0.51.10×10−5
ρ=1.14kg/m3
Heres where I get stuck: I originally DID NOT notice that σ was in nm2 and continued using σ=4.3×10−10m and solved for a diffusion coefficient of ~5 x 10-1 m2/s. I know this is wrong but the value makes sense as the two molecules are gasses meaning diffusion is fairly rapid. Using the correct σ=1.89×10−19m I get like 5000000 m2 /s which is incorrect obviously. However, I don't know where i went wrong I looked through my calculations several times and I really don't know what to do
Please please help!
The problem, all variables and given/known data
Consider a horizontal glass tube with an inner diameter of 5 mm and a length, L, of 500 mm filled with pure nitrogen gas at a temperature of 25C, pressure of 101.3kPA. The tube is capped at both sides. At t=0 one cap is removed exposing one end to oxygen gas at same temperature and pressure.
Calculate the Diffusion Coefficent of oxygen gas in a binary mixture of nitrogen gas with these conditions.
Relevant equations
Diffusion Equation
D=83π(2πμkT)0.5ρσ1
k is the boltzmann constant
T is temperature
μ=m1+m2m1m2 is reduce mass, m is mass
σN2=0.43nm2 is the collision cross section of Nitrogen (O2 = 0.4 nm2)
ρ is the density
Attempt
My attempt at a solution started with calculating the moles of Nitrogen Gas using the cylinder parameters
n=RTPV, where V=πr2L
n=8.31×298101300×π×(0.00252)0.5
n=4.00×10−4mol
Then solved for mass
m=n×MolarMassNitrogen/1000
m=4.00×10−4×28.02/1000
m=1.10×10−5kg
Then solved for density
ρ=pi(0.00252)0.51.10×10−5
ρ=1.14kg/m3
Heres where I get stuck: I originally DID NOT notice that σ was in nm2 and continued using σ=4.3×10−10m and solved for a diffusion coefficient of ~5 x 10-1 m2/s. I know this is wrong but the value makes sense as the two molecules are gasses meaning diffusion is fairly rapid. Using the correct σ=1.89×10−19m I get like 5000000 m2 /s which is incorrect obviously. However, I don't know where i went wrong I looked through my calculations several times and I really don't know what to do
Please please help!