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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

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