Thermal diffusion and mixture separation in the acoustic boundary layer

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 106, Issue 4 I, 1999, Pages 1794-1800

  Swift, G W ^a   Spoor, P S ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC TECHNIQUE; GAS SEPARATION; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; KINETICS; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THEORY;

EID: 0032825234     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.427929     Document Type: Article

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