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The diffusion of metals in inert gases is calculated on the basis of quantummechanical calculations of atomic interactions and the temperature dependence is refined with generalization of the experimental data.
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 608–617, October, 1984.
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Aref'ev, K.M., Guseva, M.A. Using quantum-mechanical solutions to calculate the diffusion coefficients of metal vapors in gases. Journal of Engineering Physics 47, 1189–1196 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00869915
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