5.2 - Future Directions in Research
Enroll to start learning
You’ve not yet enrolled in this course. Please enroll for free to listen to audio lessons, classroom podcasts and take practice test.
Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions
What is Fick's law of diffusion?
💡 Hint: Think about how substances spread in different mediums.
Name one factor that affects mass transfer resistance.
💡 Hint: How does the thickness of a liquid affect movement?
4 more questions available
Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What does Fick's law of diffusion determine?
💡 Hint: Consider the main focus of Fick's law.
True or False: Increasing viscosity of a medium decreases mass transfer rates.
💡 Hint: Think about how thicker liquids behave.
2 more questions available
Challenge Problems
Push your limits with advanced challenges
Calculate the flux of a pollutant from sediment to water using given concentration values and diffusion coefficient.
💡 Hint: You need values for all variables to compute flux.
Design a mass balance for a hypothetical river affected by sediment pollution, detailing all variables and their impacts.
💡 Hint: Use real-world cases as references for your variables.
Get performance evaluation
Reference links
Supplementary resources to enhance your learning experience.