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The stable quasistationary mixing of ternary gas mixtures in a system of two chambers connected by a capillary is described by a theoretical model which predicts the density distribution of the mixture along the length of the diffusion channel. It is demonstrated that inversion of the density gradient can occur due to a nonlinear concentration distribution of the heavy component in a diffusion “gate” effect. The results obtained using this model are compared with the experimental data.
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Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 68, 14–17 (May 1998)
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Kosov, V.N., Zhavrin, Y.I. & Seleznev, V.D. Inversion of the density gradient and the diffusion “gate” in isothermal mixing of gases. Tech. Phys. 43, 488–492 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1259026
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