We investigate the thermodiffusive properties of aqueous solutions of sodium iodide, potassium iodide and lithium iodide, using thermal diffusion forced Rayleigh scattering in a concentration range of 0.5-4 mol kg of solvent, large enough to deal with associated salts, and a temperature range of 15 to 45 °C. All systems exhibit non-monotonic variations of the Soret coefficient with concentration, with a minimum at one mol kg of solvent in all three cases. We take this as an indication that the relevant length and energy scales are very similar in all cases. On this basis we develop an intuitive picture in which the relevant objects are the fully hydrated salt molecules, including all water molecules that behave differently from bulk water. Preliminary, somewhat sketchy calculations indicate that indeed Soret coefficients begin to rise beyond concentrations where the fully hydrated particles are randomly close packed. Indications are given as to why the model will fail at large concentrations.
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ACS Appl Mater Interfaces
January 2025
Global Zero Emission Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba 16-1 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8569, Japan.
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College of science, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Hohhot, China.
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October 2024
Department of Chemistry, Molecular Sciences Research Hub Imperial College, Imperial College London, London W12 0BZ, U.K.
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October 2024
State Key Laboratory of Petroleum Resources and Engineering, China University of Petroleum (Beijing), Beijing 102249, China.
The Soret effect is a significant factor in various scenarios, with thermodiffusion in binary systems serving as a common method for the study. Most research focuses rarely on the distribution characteristics of components in diffusion systems; and Soret coefficients in the porous media could not be obtained by typical methods based on the thermodiffusion column, which are particularly important in the field of oil and gas development. Moreover, experiments on ground conditions have struggled to determine the Soret coefficient accurately due to the convective effect caused by gravity differentiation.
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August 2024
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, P.O. Box 484, Babol, Iran.
This study employs the Hybrid Analytical-Numerical (HAN) method to investigate steady two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) nanofluid flow over a permeable wedge. Analyzing hyperbolic tangent nanofluid flow, the governing time-independent partial differential equations (PDEs) for continuity, momentum, energy, and concentration transform into a set of nonlinear third-order coupled ordinary differential equations (ODEs) through similarity transformations. These ODEs encompass critical parameters such as Lewis and Prandtl numbers, Brownian diffusion, Weissenberg number, thermophoresis, Dufour and Soret numbers, magnetic field strength, thermal radiation, power law index, and medium permeability.
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