“…Mass transport into fine solid particles − or liquid drops − can essentially alter the concentration gradient in the liquid boundary layer at the gas−liquid interface and, consequently, the absorption rate . For example, the oxygen absorption rate has been increased by a factor up to about 4 (in the dispersion of octene droplets, H = 18, D r = 0.56, ε = 0.05−0.5), by a factor up to 1.4 (in the presence of hexadecane dispersion, H = 11.6, D r = 1, ε = 0.01−0.08), and by a factor of 4.5 (in the presence of n -dodecane, H = 7.9, D r = 1, ε = 0.05−0.25) in agitated vessels.…”