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Calculation of the thermal diffusion factor of inert gas mixtures

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We discuss a semiempirical relation for the thermal diffusion factor of inert gas mixtures. In contrast to earlier relations of this kind, our formula does not involve correction constants. The results of the calculations are compared with the experimental data.

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 118–124, January, 1990.

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Zolotukhina, A.F. Calculation of the thermal diffusion factor of inert gas mixtures. Journal of Engineering Physics 58, 104–109 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00872708

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