Sherwood Number
Description
The Sherwood number (Sh) (also called the mass transfer Nusselt number) is a dimensionless number used in mass-transfer operation. It represents the ratio of convective to diffusive mass transport, and is named in honor of Thomas Kilgore Sherwood.
Related formulasVariables
| Sh | Sherwood number (dimensionless) |
| K | mass transfer coefficient (m/s) |
| L | characteristic length (m) |
| D | mass diffusivity (m2/s) |