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The problem of the development of convection in a binary mixture in the neighborhood of an infinite vertical plate, on which a constant (after initial switch-on) heat flux and zero admixture flow are given, is solved. In particular, the cases of neutral and stable density stratification of the medium are considered. It is found that heat transfer to the medium can lead not to an increase but to a decrease in its temperature. This can be interpreted as the effective negative heat capacity of the stratified binary mixture.
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Ingel', L.K. Unsteady Convection in a Binary Mixture in the Neighborhood of a Plane Vertical Surface. Fluid Dynamics 37, 434–439 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019614708747
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019614708747