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In the previous chapter, we took a macroscopic view for solving transport problems. The macroscopic approach is sufficient if you are interested in how the average transport variables change with time in a system. However, if you also want to know how transport properties such as mass, concentration, charge, velocity, or temperature vary with position (x, y, z), then it is necessary to use a microscopic approach. This allows the system of interest to shrink to an infinitesimally small volume surrounding an arbitrary point within the larger system.
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Roselli, R.J., Diller, K.R. (2011). Shell Balance Approach for One-Dimensional Biofluid Transport. In: Biotransport: Principles and Applications. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-8119-6_6
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