Diffusion Reaction Interaction for a Pair of Spheres - ETD ...
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subtracting the last scenario from the results in Chapter 3. Focusing on the third<br />
inequality ( c < c < c ) the dimensionless source strength is defined as<br />
1<br />
0<br />
2<br />
c2<br />
α = −1,<br />
(4.5)<br />
c<br />
0<br />
where α is the nonnegative value. The surroundings contain no reactant <strong>for</strong><br />
infinite source strength ( α → ∞ ), when the source has no strength ( α = −1),<br />
and<br />
α = 0 <strong>for</strong> equivalent source and surroundings concentrations.<br />
The overall dimensionless reaction rate at sphere 1, R , will depend on the<br />
dimensionless source strength, the dimensionless distance between the two<br />
spheres d<br />
1<br />
and the sink source radius ratio γ<br />
d = d / a , (4.6)<br />
1<br />
1<br />
1<br />
/ a a = γ . (4.7)<br />
2<br />
The reactivity at sphere 1, R , the possibility that a reactant molecule from the<br />
1<br />
surface <strong>of</strong> the source or medium will diffuse to sphere 1 become trapped on the<br />
surface <strong>of</strong> the sphere 1 and be consumed, is expressed in spherical coordinates<br />
(r,θ,φ) as the integral <strong>of</strong> the normal derivative <strong>of</strong> c over the surface <strong>of</strong> sphere 1,<br />
90<br />
1