Comparison of the experimental diffusion coefficients of aspirin

Diffusion is a macroscopic motion of components of a system that arises from concentration difference. Reaction diffusion is widely used to model developmental process. This project considers effective mechanism leading to effective diffusion coefficient. A mathematical formalism for transforming local transport law into diffusive terms is developed. The diffusion coefficient of drug aspirin was studied in basic NaOH of concentration range 0.01 to 0.1M at 25oC. The rate of diffusion was monitored by observing the boundary conditions of the indicator between the drug and solution. In the study five (5) aspirin tablets collected from a local pharmacy in Eldoret town were used for the study. From the profile it was observed that as the time progressed the boundary increased fast for non-coated tablets compared to the coated ones. The study also adopted a descriptive case study; it was conducted at Kimumu municipality, Eldoret town. The target population consisted of 25 respondents.