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Mostinsky, I.L.
DOI: 10.1615/AtoZ.d.diffusion_coefficient View in Sem

Diffusion coefficient is the proportionality factor D in Fick's law (see Diffusion) by which the mass of a substance dM
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diffusing in time dt through the surface dF normal to the diffusion direction is proportional to the concentration
gradient grad c of this substance: dM = −D grad c dF dt. Hence, physically, the diffusion coefficient implies that the
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mass of the substance diffuses through a unit surface in a unit time at a concentration gradient of unity. The
dimension of D in the SI system is a square meter per second.

The diffusion coefficient is a physical constant dependent on molecule size and other properties of the diffusing
substance as well as on temperature and pressure. Diffusion coefficients of one substance into the other are
commonly determined experimentally and presented in reference tables. Here, examples of self­diffusion and
interdiffusion (binary diffusion) coefficients in a gaseous and liquid media are given in Tables 1, 2, and 3.

Table 1. Self­diffusion coefficient DA of some gases at T = 273 K and p = 0.1 MPa

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