Diffusion solubility

Influence of Chemical Reactions on Uq and When a chemical reaction occurs, the transfer rate may be influenced by the chemical reac tion as well as by the purely physical processes of diffusion and convection within the two phases. Since this situation is common in gas absorption, gas absorption will be the focus of this discussion. One must consider the impacts of chemical equilibrium and reac tion kinetics on the absorption rate in addition to accounting for the effec ts of gas solubility, diffusivity, and system hydrodynamics. 

The solubility-diffusion theory assumes that solute partitioning from water into and diffusion through the membrane lipid region resembles that which would occur within a homogeneous bulk solvent. Thus, the permeability coefficient, P, can be expressed as... 

Principles and Characteristics Supercritical fluid extraction uses the principles of traditional LSE. Recently SFE has become a much studied means of analytical sample preparation, particularly for the removal of analytes of interest from solid matrices prior to chromatography. SFE has also been evaluated for its potential for extraction of in-polymer additives. In SFE three interrelated factors, solubility, diffusion and matrix, influence recovery. For successful extraction, the solute must be sufficiently soluble in the SCF. The timescale for diffusion/transport depends on the shape and dimensions of the matrix particles. Mass transfer from the polymer surface to the SCF extractant is very fast because of the high diffusivity in SCFs and the layer of stagnant SCF around the solid particles is very thin. Therefore, the rate-limiting step in SFE is either... 

Fig. 18.5. Correlation of simulated %HIA and experimental %HIA. The fraction absorbed was simulated using GastroPlus with input values of permeability, solubility, diffusivity, and pKa values calculated purely in silico.

A wide range of values (one decade ) could be obtained using correlations as well as using different experimental methods [34, 38, 43]. As for solubility, diffusion coefficient at infinite dilution should be determined experimentally using the real liquid phase. Experimental methods are, however, more complex to carry out and correlations are widely used. 

The ideas of Overton are reflected in the classical solubility-diffusion model for transmembrane transport. In this model [125,126], the cell membrane and other membranes within the cell are considered as homogeneous phases with sharp boundaries. Transport phenomena are described by Fick s first law of diffusion, or, in the case of ion transport and a finite membrane potential, by the Nernst-Planck equation (see Chapter 3 of this volume). The driving force of the flux is the gradient of the (electro)chemical potential across the membrane. In the absence of electric fields, the chemical potential gradient is reduced to a concentration gradient. Since the membrane is assumed to be homogeneous, the... 

Meanwhile, computational methods have reached a level of sophistication that makes them an important complement to experimental work. These methods take into account the inhomogeneities of the bilayer, and present molecular details contrary to the continuum models like the classical solubility-diffusion model. The first solutes for which permeation through (polymeric) membranes was described using MD simulations were small molecules like methane and helium [128]. Soon after this, the passage of biologically more interesting molecules like water and protons [129,130] and sodium and chloride ions [131] over lipid membranes was considered. We will come back to this later in this section. 

If the pore-mechanism applies, the rate of permeation should be related to the probability at which pores of sufficient size and depth appear in the bilayer. The correlation is given by the semi-empirical model of Hamilton and Kaler [150], which predicts a much stronger dependence on the thickness d of the membrane than the solubility-diffusion model (proportional to exp(-d) instead of the 1 Id dependence given in equation (14)). This has been confirmed for potassium by experiments with bilayers composed of lipids with different hydrocarbon chain lengths [148], The sensitivity to the solute size, however, is in the model of Hamilton and Kaler much less pronounced than in the solubility-diffusion model. 

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Hanson, D. R and A. R. Ravishankara, Uptake of HCI and HOCI onto Sulfuric Acid Solubilities, Diffusivities, and Reaction, J. Phys. Chem., 97, 12309-12319 (1993b). 

Values for many properties can be determined using reference substances, including density, surface tension, viscosity, partition coefficient, solubility, diffusion coefficient, vapor pressure, latent heat, critical properties, entropies of vaporization, heats of solution, colligative properties, and activity coefficients. Table 1 lists the equations needed for determining these properties. 

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