Fick's first law of diffusion

Layer 1 — Physicsin the thermodynamics subtree

Molar flux of a species is proportional to the negative gradient of concentration: J = −D ∇c, where D is the diffusion coefficient (m²·s⁻¹). The prototypical linear irreversible transport law for mass.

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