Thiele modulus shape normalization

The results for spherical and cylindrical shapes are approximately in accordance with those shown in Figure 8.11, and in the limit of large, become the same, if the Thiele modulus is normalized in terms of a common effective diflusion-path-length parameter, Le, defined by... 

Then the Thiele modulus normalized for shape is, for first-order kinetics ... 

Table 8.2 Thiele modulus ( ) normalized with respect to shape and asymptotic value of tj...

Thiele modulus normalized with respect to shape, equation 8.5-17... 

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