title: Jožef Stefan and the dissolution-diffusion phenomena--not only a historical note.
abstract: In a series of papers published from 1871 to 1889, Jožef (Josef) Stefan dealt with several diffusion processes, including also multicomponent systems. In his last paper on diffusion, which appeared in 1889, he studied the dissolution-diffusion process with a moving interface, and gave an analytical solution to this problem. However, Stefan's dissolution-diffusion analysis is not mentioned in literature, and its existence seems to be unknown in scientific community. The present paper summarizes the main Stefan ideas on dissolution of solids governed by diffusion of solute in the adjacent solvent phase thus making his results accessible to wider scientific circles.
authors.affiliation: Faculty for Production and Management Trebinje, University in East Sarajevo, Republic of Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. mitrovic@tebam.de
authors.forename: Jovan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mitrovic
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D004058:Diffusion; D049672:History, 19th Century; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D010825:Physics / Q000266:history; D012995:Solubility