Vanishing mean volume velocity in isothermal isobaric diffusion of a binary fluid mixture

Abstract

It is shown that in isothermal isobaric diffusion of a binary fluid mixture the mean volume velocity vanishes in the linear regime, independent of the equation of state. The partial specific volumes of the two components are uniform and constant in the process of mutual diffusion. The properties lead to a simple derivation of the de Groot-Mazur thermodynamic factor in the diffusion coefficient. The properties also imply that the diffusive volume flux defined by Brenner is proportional to the mass current density, and is therefore not a quantity of independent interest.