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Which one is having the lowest value of diffusivity?

(a) Glucose

(b) Urea

(c) Ethanol

(d) Oxygen

The question was posed to me in a job interview.

My query is from Diffusivity at 25 Degree Celsius and 1 atm Pressure topic in section Modes and Diffusion of Mass Transfer

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Right option is (a) Glucose

The best I can explain: Thermal diffusivity of glucose is 0.60 while that of urea, oxygen and ethanol are 8.06, 1.80 and 1.00 respectively. Its unit is cm^2 /s.

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