Arrested-flow chromatography was used to determine intraparticle diffusivities of large-pore particles packed in columns. Particle and column tortuosity factors were determined for helium tracer in nitrogen carrier gas at 40°C and atmospheric pressure. Semiempirical modifications of Maxwell's, Burger's, Jeffrey's, and Rayleigh's relations for the composite diffusivity of spherical particles in a stationary medium are proposed for the effective composite diffusion coefficient for a packed bed of porous particles. The equations, modified to represent accurately the extraparticle void diffusion based on measurements for beds of nonporous particles, are used to evaluate intraparticle diff usivities from experimental data obtained by arrested-flow chromatography.
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