1 Principles and General Equations. - 1. 1 Transport of Liquid Through a Solid. - 1. 2 Evaporation of Liquid from the Surface. - 1. 3 Diffusion of Vapour Outside the Solid. - 1. 4 Effect of Parameters. - 1. 5 General Equations. - 2 Thin Plane Sheet. - 2. 1 Non-steady State with Infinite Rate of Evaporation. - 2. 2 Non-steady State with Finite Rate of Evaporation. - 2. 3 Membrane Suspended in an Infinite Atmosphere. - 2. 4 Conclusions. - Appendixes. Methods of Solution of Fick's Law When the Diffusivity is Constant. - 2. A Separation of Variables. - 2. B Diffusion-Evaporation From a Plane Sheet of Thickness L with Infinite Rate of Evaporation. - 2. C Half-Life of Desorption Process. - 2. D Reflection and Superposition. - 2. E Error Function. - 2. F Layer of Diffusing Substance on a Permeable Sheet with Infinite Rate of Evaporation. - 2. G Membrane with Constant Concentration on Each Surface and Infinite Rate of Evaporation. - 3 Cylinder. - 3. 1 Solid Cylinder of Infinite Length Non-steady State with Constant Diffusivity. - 3. 2 Cylinder of Finite Length Non-steady State. - 3. 3 Liquid-Filled Hollow Cylinder of Infinite Length Steady State. - 3. 4 Conclusions. - Appendix. Radial Diffusion in a Solid Cylinder of Infinite Length with Infinite Rate of Evaporation. - 4 Sphere. - 4. 1 Solid Sphere Non-steady State with Infinite Rate of Evaporation. - 4. 2 Solid Sphere Non-steady State with Finite Rate of Evaporation. - 4. 3 Liquid-Filled Hollow Sphere. - 4. 4 Conclusions. - 5 Numerical Analysis for a Plane Sheet. - 5. 1 Infinite Rate of Evaporation. - 5. 2 Finite Rate of Evaporation. - 5. 3 Conclusions. - 6 Numerical Analysis for a Cylinder. - 6. 1 Solid Cylinder of Infinite Length with Infinite Rate of Evaporation. - 6. 2 Solid Cylinder of Infinite Length with Finite Rate of Evaporation. - 6. 3 Solid Cylinder of Finite Length withInfinite Rate of Evaporation. - 6. 4 Solid Cylinder of Finite Length with Finite Rate of Evaporation. - 6. 5 Liquid-Filled Hollow Cylinder of Infinite Length with Infinite Rate of Evaporation. - 6. 6 Liquid-Filled Hollow Cylinder of Infinite Length with Finite Rate of Evaporation. - 6. 7 Liquid-Filled Hollow Cylinder of Finite Length with Infinite Rate of Evaporation. - 6. 8 Liquid-Filled Hollow Cylinder of Finite Length with Finite Rate of Evaporation. - 6. 9 Conclusions. - 7 Numerical Analysis for a Sphere. - 7. 1 Solid Sphere with Infinite Rate of Evaporation. - 7. 2 Solid Sphere with Finite Rate of Evaporation. - 7. 3 Liquid-Filled Hollow Sphere with Infinite Rate of Evaporation. - 7. 4 Liquid-Filled Hollow Sphere with Finite Rate of Evaporation. - 7. 5 Conclusions. - 8 Diffusion-Evaporation in Two and Three Dimensions: Isotropic and Anisotropic Media. - 8. 1 Introduction. - 8. 2 Two Dimensions with Infinite Rate of Evaporation. - 8. 3 Two Dimensions with Finite Rate of Evaporation. - 8. 4 Three Dimensions with Infinite Rate of Evaporation. - 8. 5 Three Dimensions with Finite Rate of Evaporation. - 8. 6 Conclusions. - 9 Drying of Paints. - 9. 1 Introduction. - 9. 2 One Layer. - 9. 3 Two Layers. - 9. 4 Conclusions. - 10 Drying of Wet Earth for Adobe Construction. - 10. 1 Introduction. - 10. 2 Modelling the Drying of Wet Earth. - 10. 3 Conclusions. - 11 Drying of Rubbers. - 11. 1 Introduction. - 11. 2 Thin Sheets. - 11. 3 Cylinders of Finite Length. - 11. 4 Tubes of Infinite Length. - 11. 5 Annuli. - 11. 6 Conclusions of the Drying of Rubbers. - 12 Drying of Plasticised PVC. - 12. 1 Introduction. - 12. 2 Drying Process. - 12. 3 Conclusions. - 13 Drying of Wood. - 13. 1 Introduction. - 13. 2 Thin Sheets. - 13. 3 Diffusion-Evaporation in Two Dimensions. - 13. 4 Diffusion-Evaporation in Three Dimensions. - Symbols. - 14 Drying of Thermosetting Coatings. - 14. 1 Introduction. - 14. 2 Drying Process. - 14. 3 Conclusions. - 15 Drying of Dosage Forms for Medical Applications. - 15. 1 Introduction. - 15. 2 Drying in an Infinite Atmosphere. - 15. 3 Drying in an Finite Atmosphere. - 15. 4 Drying Under Controlled Vapour Pressure. - 15. 5 Conclusions. - 16 Drying of a Polymer Sphere with Shrinkage. - 16. 1 Introduction. - 16. 2 Theory. - 16. 3 Experiment. - 16. 4 Results. - 16. 5 Conclusions. - Symbols. Language: English