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Water is evaporating from a pool exposed to a breeze of ambient air at 3 0 0 K , 1 . 0 1 3 2

Water is evaporating from a pool exposed to a breeze of ambient air at 300 K,1.0132 bar and 25% relative humidity. Assuming that mass transfer is due to molecular diffusion through a stagnant film of air of 80 mm determine the following:
A) The diffusivity of water in air using Hirschfeldre's equation
B) The model to evaluate the rate of evaporation of water
C) The initial rate of evaporation of water as a molar flux in Kmol/Cm^2-s
D) The time in hours for the water level to drop 1 cm
Given:
- Mass air: 29 g/mol
- Water vapor pressure (@300K)=35.31 kPa
- Collision diameter (air)=3.620 Anstrong
- Collision diameter (water)=2.640 Anstrong
- E/K (air)=97 K
- E/K (water)=809.1 K
- Water density=1 g/cm^3
-1 atm =1.0132 bar =101.3 kPa
- R =8.134 kPa m^3/kmol-K
Hint: Relative humidity is the ratio of the partial Pressure of water to the equilibrium vapor pressure at the same temperature.

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