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CLASS SOLUTION 5.9 ASSIGNMENT CHAPTER 5 – 5.8, 5.22, 5.33 CLASS_SOLUTION 5.9 5.9 When ?-iron is subjected to an atmosphere of hydrogen gas, the concentration of hydrogen in the iron, CH (in weight percent), is a function of hydrogen pressure, (in MPa), and absolute temperature (T) according to (5.14) Furthermore, the values of D0 and Qd for this diffusion system are 1.4 ( 10-7 m2/s and 13,400 J/mol, respectively. Consider a thin iron membrane 1 mm thick that is at 250(C. Compute the diffusion flux through this membrane if the hydrogen pressure on one side of the membrane is 0.15 MPa (1.48 atm), and on the other side 7.5 MPa (74 atm). Solution Ultimately we will employ Equation 5.3 to solve this problem. However, it first becomes necessary to determine the concentration of hydrogen at each face using Equation 5.14. At the low pressure (or B) side 9.93 ( 10-6 wt% Whereas, for the high pressure (or A) side 7.02 ( 10-5 wt% We now convert concentrations in weight percent to mass of nitrogen per unit volume of solid. At face B there are 9.93 ( 10-6 g (or 9.93 ( 10-9 kg) of hydrogen in 100 g of Fe, which is virtually pure iron. From the density of iron (7.87 g/cm3), the volume iron in 100 g (VB) is just Therefore, the concentration of hydrogen at the B face in kilograms of H per cubic meter of alloy [] is just At the A face the volume of iron in 100 g (VA) will also be 1.27 ( 10-5 m3, and Thus, the concentration gradient is just the difference between these concentrations of nitrogen divided by the thickness of the iron membrane; that is At this time it becomes necessary to calculate the value of the diffusion coefficient at 250?C using Equation 5.8. Thus, = 6.41 ( 10-9 m2/s And, finally, the diffusion flux is computed using Equation 5.3 by taking the negative product of this diffusion coefficient and the concentration gradient, as ------------------------------ 5.8 A sheet of BCC iron 1 mm thick was exposed to a carburizing gas atmosphere on one side and