ChemInform Abstract: Diffusion Coefficient of Oxygen in α-Iron Determined by Internal Oxidation Technique.

1986 ◽  
Vol 17 (13) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. TAKADA ◽  
S. YAMAMOTO ◽  
M. ADACHI
2011 ◽  
Vol 696 ◽  
pp. 88-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shohei Nakakubo ◽  
Mikako Takeda ◽  
Takashi Onishi

The boundary constants between internal and external oxidation of Si or Cr containing steels (Fe-Si alloys or Fe-Cr alloys) at 850°C were calculated in order to clarify the formation mechanism of fayalite scale (Fe2SiO4) or chromite scale (FeCr2O4), which can form as a “sub-scale” in Si or Cr containing steels. The diffusion coefficient of oxygen in the alloy, Do, and the oxygen concentration at the specimen surface, NO(s), which are constituents of the internal oxidation rate constant, (2DONO(s)/NB(O)n), were calculated for various oxidation conditions, and the rate equation for internal oxidation was derived. By comparing the calculated and measured values of (2DONO(s)/NB(O)n), we confirmed that the rate equation determined for internal oxidation was reasonable. The boundary condition between internal and external oxidation of Si or Cr containing steels (Fe-Si alloys or Fe-Cr alloys) at 850°C were also calculated by substituting the calculated values of DO and NO(s) into the rate equation.


1963 ◽  
Vol 157 (969) ◽  
pp. 461-472 ◽  

1. Bull semen diluted 1/5 or 1/10 respired at the same rate whether the manometers were stationary or shaken. 2. Respirometric experiments using a manometer flask of special shape showed that bull sperm suspensions achieve this result by increasing the effective diffusion coefficient of oxygen in the suspending medium by 900%. 3. The hypothesis is put forward ( a ) that these results are caused by the existence of short-range order, as opposed to disorder, in bull sperm suspensions, even at comparatively low sperm densities (dilution 1/8 to 1/20); ( b ) that this order produces group sperm velocities greater than those of isolated spermatozoa; and ( c ) that as a result, larger volumes of the suspending medium are convected with the ordered sperm groups, causing an augmented ‘diffusion’ of oxygen. 4. This hypothesis was examined by taking photomicrographs of sperm suspensions at different dilutions and temperatures and determining from them the distributions of (i) the distance between pairs of nearest spermatozoa; (ii) the angle of inclination of a sperm head relative to that of the spermatozoon nearest to it; and (iii) the relative position of the nearest spermatozoon. 5. Comparison of the observed distributions and the corresponding random ones showed that the spermatozoa attracted each other, so that transient sperm groups were formed, in which the spermatozoa tended to swim in the same direction. A reduction in temperature or sperm density decreased the sperm order.


1984 ◽  
Vol 246 (1) ◽  
pp. R107-R113 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. D. Homer ◽  
J. B. Shelton ◽  
C. H. Dorsey ◽  
T. J. Williams

The diffusion coefficient of oxygen (D) and the fluorescence quenching coefficient (K') of pyrenebutyric acid (PBA) were measured in sections of rat hamstring muscles. Values of D and K' at temperatures (Tc) of 20, 30, and 40 degrees C were determined and referred to the values in water. In sections cut parallel to the muscle fibers, D = DH2O (0.380 +/- 0.038), whereas in sections cut across the grain of the fibers, D = DH2O (0.985 +/- 0.039). Oxygen diffuses along the length of a muscle fiber over twice as rapidly as it diffuses in directions perpendicular to the long axis of the fiber. This suggests that fibers, myofibrils, or myofilaments offer substantial barriers to the diffusion of oxygen, whereas extracellular space and spaces around fibers or myofibrils or myofilaments offer no more resistance than water to the diffusion of oxygen. Corresponding estimates for K' were K' = K'H2O[0.14 (1 + 0.25 Tc)] and K' = K'H2O[0.21 (1 + 0.25 Tc)] for slices cut parallel to the long axis of muscle fibers and across the long axis, respectively. Standard deviations of K' were 9%.


1966 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 663-679 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. H. Keller ◽  
S. K. Friedlander

The steady-state transport of oxygen through hemoglobin solutions was studied to identify the mechanism of the diffusion augmentation observed at low oxygen tensions. A novel technique employing a platinum-silver oxygen electrode was developed to measure the effective diffusion coefficient of oxygen in steady-state transport. The measurements were made over a wider range of hemoglobin and oxygen concentrations than previously reported. Values of the Brownian motion diffusion coefficient of oxygen in hemoglobin solution were obtained as well as measurements of facilitated transport at low oxygen tensions. Transport rates up to ten times greater than ordinary diffusion rates were found. Predictions of oxygen flux were made assuming that the oxyhemoglobin transport coefficient was equal to the Brownian motion diffusivity which was measured in a separate set of experiments. The close correlation between prediction and experiment indicates that the diffusion of oxyhemoglobin is the mechanism by which steady-state oxygen transport is facilitated.


Author(s):  
Stephen O’Toole ◽  
Nicholas Stevens

Molecular dynamics was used to calculate the diffusion coefficient of oxygen over a temperature range of 900–1700K. The chromite (FeCr2O4) system used consisted of 448 ions in a spinel structure. The spinel consisted of Fe2+ in tetrahedral sites and Cr3+ ions in octahedral sites surrounded by O2− ions. Schottky defects were made in the system by removing 10 oxygen ions, 4 iron ions and 4 chromium ions. The trajectory files from the simulations were examined for oxygen movement via a vacancy hopping mechanism and the mean-squared displacement of oxygen was plotted against time. A linear fit was performed to the plots and Einstein’s relationship was used to derive the diffusion coefficient from the gradient. The diffusion coefficients were then plotted against temperature and an Arrhenius expression was fitted to the trend and compared with the experimental trend calculated by Takada & Adachi.


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