Question: Pyrex glass ( the stuff we use in chem lab for beakers and flasks ) is impermeable to all gases except He . Natural gas

Pyrex glass (the stuff we use in chem lab for beakers and flasks) is impermeable to all gases except He. Natural gas often contains a fair bit of He, and we wish to remove (most) of the He before the natural gas can be used as a fuel. Suppose the gas is contained in a Pyrex tube (see figure). If the length of the tube is L,A is He,P is Pyrex, and DAP is the diffusion coefficient for He in Pyrex, show that the rate at which He will leak out of the tube is given by
W=2LDAP(cA1-cA2)ln(R2R1)
where cA1 and cA2 are the concentrations of helium at the inner and outer wall of the Pyrex, respectively.
 Pyrex glass (the stuff we use in chem lab for beakers

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