Question: A thin slab of solid salt ( NaCl ) , with dimensions of 0 . 1 5 m x 0 . 1 5 m ,

A thin slab of solid salt (NaCl), with dimensions of 0.15 m x 0.15 m, is being dragged through seawater (kinematic viscosity =1.022 x 106 m2/s) at an average relative velocity of 0.3 m/s. The seawater at 18\deg C has a salt concentration of 31 kg/m3. You can assume that the solubility of NaCl in seawater is close to the solubility of NaCl in fresh water at 18\deg C (~35 g/100 mL). Given that the average concentration of seawater+salt slurry adjacent to the solid salt slab is 53.288
kgmol/m3, and the average concentration of seawater is equal to 55.761 kgmol/m3 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 1.2 x 109 m2/s.(Can you solve it according to mass transfer and writing assumption?)

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