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Onsager Reciprocity in Premelting Solids

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The diffusive motion of foreign particles dispersed in a premelting solid is analyzed within the framework of irreversible thermodynamics. We determine the mass diffusion coefficient, thermal diffusion coefficient and Soret coefficient of the particles in the dilute limit, and find good agreement with experimental data. In contrast to liquid suspensions, the unique nature of premelting solids allows us to derive an expression for the Dufour coefficient and independently verify the Onsager reciprocal relation coupling diffusion to the flow of heat.

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  1. Department of Geology and Geophysics, Yale University, PO Box 208109, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA

    S. S. L. Peppin, M. J. Spannuth & J. S. Wettlaufer

  2. Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA

    J. S. Wettlaufer

  3. Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, Roslagstullsbacken, 23 University Center, 106 91, Stockholm, Sweden

    J. S. Wettlaufer

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Peppin, S.S.L., Spannuth, M.J. & Wettlaufer, J.S. Onsager Reciprocity in Premelting Solids. J Stat Phys 134, 701–708 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10955-009-9699-z

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