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consider a natural gas pipeline. The pipeline is made of steel of thickness 2.00 cm. The steel is coated on the inside with a 0.100 mm layer of Ni. The concentration of natural gas inside the pipeline is 0.100 kg/m3. The concentration outside is 0 kg/m3. The diffusion coefficient of natural gas in Ni is 2.01 x 10-21 m2/s and the diffusion coefficient of natural gas in steel is 7.00 x 10-17 m2/s. Calculate the flux of natural gas through the pipe assuming steady-state and linear geometry.
a. 1.89 x 10-15 kg/(m2.s)
b. 5.27 x 10-16 kg/(m2.s)
c. 2.00 x 10-18 kg/(m2.s)
d. 9.91 x 10-15 kg/(m2.s)