Calculating Diffusion Speed from Gas to Vacuum: How Do You Do It?

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Hi everyone,
I'd like to ask you a question. How to calculate the diffusion speed from a bulk of gas with density of n to vacuum? Thank you!
 
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I would start with Fick's Law.
 
What is diffusion speed?
 
Dickfore said:
What is diffusion speed?


actually, I want to consider the follow case. Consider that a bullet crosses a bulk of gas (desity=n), how to calculate the density evolution (with time) within the channel after the bullet goes through the gas.