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Triste:
If I pour a cup of bleach into 8000 gallons of water, how long will it take for the bleach to evenly disperse?
(This is a need-to-know question, not theoretical)

Callaway:
Do you know the temperature of the water?

Is the water still or being stirred?

Triste:
It is my drinking water tank, so is the ambient temperature which these days is around 80 degrees or higher.
And unstirred, which is the reason for the question.  You're supposed to take an oar and stir the bleach, but I'm wondering if there's a way to avoid stirring (have you ever stirred 8000 gallons of water?)

Callaway:
I am working on gathering the information necessary to give you an answer to this question, Triste.

My gut reaction is that it will disperse many times faster if you stir it than if you rely solely on molecular diffusion to disperse it, so I would recomend stirring it, even though it is a pain to do.  Even if you do not stir it perfectly, it will greatly speed up the rate of dispersion.

Triste:
Right.  Because I figured you'd know about rates of molecular diffusion.

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