Question: A flavor compound is held within a 2 . 5 diameter time - release sphere. The sphere is placed in a liquid food and will

A flavor compound is held within a 2.5 diameter time-release sphere. The sphere is placed in a liquid food and will release the flavor compound after one month of storage at 20\deg C. The concentration of flavor within the sphere is 80% and the mass diffusivity for the flavor compound within the liquid food is 30 x 10-6 m2/hr. Estimate the steady-state mass flux of flavor into the liquid food from the surface of the time-release sphere. The convective mass transfer coefficient is 50 m/s. Please try to use this given formula (mb/A =-D*(c/x)) Fick's Law of diffusion. where (mb= mass flux),(A=area),(D=mass diffusivity),(c=concentration)

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