Question: A thin slab of solid salt ( N a C l ) , with dimensions of 0 . 1 5 m 0 . 1 5

A thin slab of solid salt (NaCl), with dimensions of 0.15m0.15m, is being dragged through seawater (kinematic viscosity =1.02210-6m2s) at an average relative velocity of 0.3ms. The seawater at 18C has a salt concentration of 31kgm3. You can assume that the solubility of NaCl in seawater is close to the solubility of NaCl in fresh water at 18C(35g100mL). Given that the average concentration of seawater+salt slurry adjacent to the solid salt slab is 53.288 kgmolm3, and the average concentration of seawater is equal to 55.761kgmolm3 away from the
slab, determine the mass transfer rate (in kgmole/s) of salt being dissolved in the seawater assuming seawater is a binary mixture of NaCl and water. You can take the diffusion coefficient of salt in seawater as 1.210-9m2s.(Can you solve it according to mass transfer and writing assumption?)
 A thin slab of solid salt (NaCl), with dimensions of 0.15m0.15m,

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