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In an accident a container containing ethanol(s.g 0.789) falls down in a room of dimension 1*1*2(all in m). Ethanol forms a layer of 2mm. Ethanol vaporizes and diffuses through a stagnant film of air of thickness 2.5mm. What will be the time required for the water layer to disappear completely, if the floor has micro pores and water penetrates the floor at a constant rate of 0.1kg/m²h. The diffusivity of ethanol in air is 2.567*10⁻⁵ m²/s. The total pressure is 1.013 bar and the pressure of ethanol in bulk air is 0.02244 bar and at the ethanol-air interface is 0.02718bar. The temperature is 25.2°C.

a.

3.64h

b.

4.73h

c.

5.94h

d.

2.36h

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Answer: (a).3.64h

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