Different Forms of Fick's First Law: Table 16.2-1

After executing Table161defs

> dx:=array(1...2); domeg:=array(1...2); To hold differentials of mol and mass fractions

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> dx[1]:=diff(x[1],c[1]); Assume that c[1] changes slightly

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> domeg[1]:=simplify(diff(omega[1],c[1]));

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> j1:=simplify(j[1]); Here is the basic definition of the js ( mass flux relative to the mass average velocity) in terms of the velocities of the species

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> Jstar1:=simplify(Jstar[1]); And this is the definition of the molar flux relative the the mol average velocity

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> j1c1:=-simplify(rhotot*DAB*domeg[1]*dc1); Equation C in Table 16.2-1 where dc1 stands for the gradient of c[1]

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> Jstar1c1:=-simplify(ctot*DAB*dx[1]*dc1); Equation D in Table 16.2-1

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> j1/Jstar1; From the definitions in Tables 16.1-1, 2, 3

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> j1c1/Jstar1c1; From the relations given in Table 16.2-1

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It is apparent that the two ratios are identical; thus the two definitions of Fick's Law are equivalent