Mass Diffusivity

The Chapman-Enskog theory gives for the mass diffusivity of a binary gas a relation similar to those for the viscosity and the thermal conductivity:

Mass Diffusivity

Fig. 4.4. Thermal conductivity k, different approximations, Table 4.4, as function of the temperature T.

Mass Diffusivity

Fig. 4.5. Prandtl number Pr and specific heat at constant pressure cp of air, Table 4.4, as function of the temperature T.

VT3 (ma + Mb)

Dab = DBa = const.—————- P— ————- . (4.24)

pazA B QDab

The dimension of DaB is [m2/s]. Since we do not intend to derive and use approximate relations for it, we renounce a detailed discussion and refer the reader to, e. g., [2, 3].