Peclet number of sugars in plant cells
| Value | 1 unitless |
|---|---|
| Organism | Plants |
| Reference | Kaare H. Jensen & Maciej A. Zwieniecki, Physical Limits to Leaf Size in Tall Trees, Physical review letters, PRL 110, 018104 (2013) DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.018104 p.4 left column 2nd paragraphPubMed ID23383844 |
| Primary Source | Vogel S. Living in a physical world. J Biosci. 2004 Dec29(4):391-7.PubMed ID15625395 |
| Comments | "With typical plant cell sizes in the range of d=10–100µm, diffusion and advection of sugars are equally effective over these length scales when the Peclet number Pe=vd/D=1 [primary source], where v is the flow speed and D is the diffusion coefficient (D=0.5?10^-9m^2/s for sucrose [CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, edited by W. M. Haynes (CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2012), 93rd ed.])." |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 108686 |