) Nitrogen from a gaseous phase is to be diffused into pure iron at 675°C. If the surface concentration is maintained at 0.2 wt% N, what will be the concentration 2 mm from the surface after 25 h? The diffusion coefficient for nitrogen in iron at 675°C is 2.8 × 10–11 m2/

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Answer:

0.0895 wt%

Explanation:

To treat a diffusive process in function of time and distance we need to solve  2nd Ficks Law. This a partial differential equation, with certain condition the solution looks like this:

[tex]\frac{C_{s}-C_{x}}{C_{s}-C{o}} =erf(x/2\sqrt{D*t})[/tex]

Where Cs is the concentration in the surface of the solid

Cx is the concentration at certain deep X

Co is the initial concentration of solute in the solid

and erf is the error function

First we need to solve the x/2sqrt(D*t) on the right to search the corresponding value later on a table.

[tex]\frac{2*10^{-3}m}{2*\sqrt{2.8*10^{-11}m^{2}/s*25h*3600s/h} } =0.6299[/tex]

We look on a table and we see for z=0.42 erf(z)=0.5525

Then we solve for Cx

[tex]C_{x}=C_{s}-(0.5525*(C_{s}-C_{o}))=(0.2-(0.5525*0.2))wt=0.0895wt[/tex]

Assuming Co=0