Biot Number - Mass Transfer Analogue

Mass Transfer Analogue

An analogous version of the Biot number (usually called the "mass transfer Biot number", or ) is also used in mass diffusion processes:

where:

  • hm - film mass transfer coefficient
  • LC - characteristic length
  • DAB - mass diffusivity.

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