Damköhler number II

Damköhler number II

[′däm‚kər·lər ¦nəm·bər ¦tü] (physics) A measure of the ratio of the rate of a chemical reaction to the rate of molecular diffusion, equal to the square of a characteristic length divided by the product of the diffusivity and the time it takes for a chemical reaction or other physical process to be completed. Symbolized Da II.