clc //initialization of variables d = 240*10^-4 // cm D = 2.1*10^-5 // cm^2/sec v = 10 // cm/sec Nu = 0.01 // cm^2/sec E = 0.5 ka1 = 0.09 // sec^-1 //Calculations k = 0.8*(D/d)*((d*v/Nu)^0.47)*((Nu/D)^0.33) a = 4*(1-E)/d // cm^2/cm^3 ka2 = k*a ratio = ka2/ka1 //results printf("The rapidness is roughly %.f times that of sparger",ratio)