Effectsof Order of Chemical Reaction on a Boundary Layer Flow with Heat and Mass Transfer Over a Linearly Stretching Sheet

The heat and mass transfer characteristics over a linearly stretching sheet subjected to an order of chemical reaction are studied numerically.A similarity transformation is utilized to convert the governing nonlinear partial differential equations into ordinary differential equations. The numerical method of solution is based on the shooting method with six order Runge-Kutta iteration scheme. The numerical simulations are conducted at Schmidt number Sc varying from0.22to 0.78 and chemical reaction varying from 0.5 to 3. The effects of the governing parameters on the local skin friction and rateof mass transfer on the wall are accurately calculated.