Diffusion

The clearest coverage available of diffusion and mass transfer, which is a key part of the chemical engineering curriculum.

Preface; 1. Models for diffusion; Part I. Fundamentals of Diffusion: 2. Diffusion in dilute solutions; 3. Diffusion in concentrated solutions; 4. Dispersion; Part II. Diffusion Coefficients: 5. Values of diffusion coefficients; 6. Diffusion of interacting species; 7. Multicomponent diffusion; Part III. Mass Transfer: 8. Fundamentals of mass transfer; 9. Theories of mass transfer; 10. Absorption; 11. Absorption in biology and medicine; 12. Differential distillation; 13. Staged distillation; 14. Extraction; 15. Absorption; Part IV. Diffusion Coupled with other Processes: 16. General questions and heterogeneous chemical reactions; 17. Homogeneous chemical reactions; 18. Membranes; 19. Controlled release and related phenomena; 20. Heat transfer; 21. Simultaneous heat and mass transfer; Problems; Subject index; Materials index.