diffusion coefficient
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An identical expression to Einstein's formula for the diffusion coefficient was also found by Walther Nernst in 1888 Zeit.
He writes for the diffusion coefficient k′, where is the osmotic pressure and k is the ratio of the frictional force to the molecular viscosity which he assumes is given by Stokes's formula for the viscosity.
In turbulent flows, the transport by eddy motion can be expressed as a grossly increased diffusion coefficient.
Phys. Chem. 9 (1888) 613. in which he expressed the diffusion coefficient as the ratio of the osmotic pressure to the ratio of the frictional force and the velocity to which it gives rise.
This dependence does not affect Fick's first law but the second law changes: : 2. In anisotropic media, the diffusion coefficient depends on the direction.
For an attractive interaction between particles, the diffusion coefficient tends to decrease as concentration increases.