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Sherwood Number for a single sphere

Description

The Sherwood number (Sh) is a dimensionless number used in mass-transfer operation. It can be further defined as a function of the Reynolds and Schmidt numbers for a single sphere analysis.

Related formulas

Variables

ShSherwood number (dimensionless)
Sh0Sherwood number due to natural convection (dimensionless)
CConstant flow propertie (dimensionless)
ReReynolds number (dimensionless)
mNumerical constant determined by the fluid chosen and the flow geometry (dimensionless)
ScSchmidt number (dimensionless)