The purification of hydrogen gas is possible by diffusion through a thin palladium sheet. Calculate the number of kilograms of hydrogen that pass per hour through a 2.8 mm thick sheet of palladium having and area of 0.72 m^2 at 500 C. Assume a diffusion coefficient of 7.8 x 10^-8 m^2/s, that the concentrations at the high- and low- pressure sides of the plates are 3.4 and 0.58 kg/m^3 of hydrogen per cubic meter of palladium, and that steady-state conditions have been attained.

The purification of hydrogen gas is possible by diffusion through a thin palladium sheet. Calculate the number of kilograms of hydrogen that pass per hour through a 2.8 mm thick sheet of palladium having and area of 0.72 m^2 at 500 C. Assume a diffusion coefficient of 7.8 x 10^-8 m^2/s, that the concentrations at the high- and low- pressure sides of the plates are 3.4 and 0.58 kg/m^3 of hydrogen per cubic meter of palladium, and that steady-state conditions have been attained.

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Chapter22: Surfaces

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