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The lack of chemical separation during the diffusion of gas into solar magnetic tubes

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At a temperature well above T min, so that hydrogen is mainly ionized and diffuses negligibly into magnetic tubes, helium can still be mainly neutral so that chemical differentiation could occur. Calculation shows that the rate is too small to acccount for variations in chemical abundance found in the solar wind.

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    R. G. Giovanelli

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Giovanelli, R.G. The lack of chemical separation during the diffusion of gas into solar magnetic tubes. Sol Phys 62, 51–52 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00150130

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