(Solution) - The purification of hydrogen gas by diffusion through a palladium -(2025 Original AI-Free Solution)

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The purification of hydrogen gas by diffusion through a palladium sheet was discussed in Section 5.3. Compute the number of kilograms of hydrogen that pass per hour through a 5 mm-thick sheet of palladium having an area of 0.20 m2 at 500°C. Assume a diffusion coefficient of 1.0 × 10-8 m2/s, that the concentrations at the high- and low-pressure sides of the plate are 2.4 and 0.6 kg of hydrogen per cubic meter of palladium, and that steady-state conditions have been attained.