a. Estimate the Fickian diffusivity of a binary mixture of benzene and air at \(298.2 \mathrm{~K}\) and \(1.0 \mathrm{~atm}\) pressure using Chapman-Enskog theory and Table 15-2.

b. Compare your result with the experimental value in Table 15-1.

c. Estimate the Fickian diffusivity at \(273 \mathrm{~K}\) and \(0.5 \mathrm{~atm}\).

d. Estimate Maxwell-Stefan diffusivity at \(298.2 \mathrm{~K}\) and \(1.0 \mathrm{~atm}\).

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TABLE 15-1. Binary Fickian diffusivities for gases at 1.0 atm. For example, the diffusivity of air and ammonia at 273 K is 0.198 10-4 m2/s = 0.198 cm/s. For each gas pair at low pressures and a given temperature, Ptot DAB = constant." Gas A Gas B T Kelvin DAB 104, m/s Air Ammonia 273 0.198 Air Benzene 298.2 0.096 Air 2-butanol 299.1 0.089 Air n-butanol 299.1 0.087 Air Carbon dioxide 273 0.136 Air Carbon dioxide 317.2 0.145 Air Chlorine 273 0.124 Air Ethanol 273 0.102 Air Ethanol 298 0.132 Air Ethanol 313 0.145 Air n-hexane 294 0.080 Air n-hexane 328 0.093 Air Hydrogen 273 0.611 Air Naphthalene 298 0.0611 Air n-octane 298 0.0602 Air n-pentane 294 0.071 Air 2-pentanol 299.1 0.071 Air 2-propanol 299.1 0.099 Air Water 273 0.220 Air Water 298.2 0.260 Air Water 315 0.288 Air Water 333.2 0.305 Carbon dioxide Water 298 0.164 Carbon dioxide Water 307.2 0.198 Carbon dioxide Water 328.6 0.257 Helium Water 298.2 0.908 Hydrogen Ammonia 273 0.748 Hydrogen Ammonia 358 1.093 Hydrogen Ammonia 473 1.86 Hydrogen Ammonia 533 2.149 Hydrogen Benzene 311.3 0.404 Hydrogen Methane 273 0.625 Hydrogen Water 307.1 0.915 Propane Iso-butane 378.2 0.0823 Propane n-butane 378.2 0.107