Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol.41, No.13, 3326-3328, 2002
A modification of the Stokes-Einstein equation for diffusivities in dilute binary mixtures
An improved correlation is presented for the estimation of binary diffusion coefficients in dilute liquids. The correlation is based on the Stokes-Einstein equation with empirical corrections for the nonroundness and the size ratio of solute and solvent molecules. These corrections are computed from the UNIQUAC or UNIFAC group contribution R and Q parameters. The method works especially well for diffusivities involving water.