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Thermal diffusion

Thermal diffusion may refer to:

  • Diffusion in a temperature gradient, also called thermodiffusion or thermophoresis.
    • It can be used as an obsolete method of making enriched uranium (see enriched uranium ยง thermal diffusion).
    • Thermal diffusion can be used to measure fluid flow including perfusion and rCBF at one location over time.
  • Brownian motion (at a constant non-zero absolute temperature).

See also:

  • Molecular diffusion
  • Heat conduction (i.e., diffusion of heat)

Usage examples of "thermal diffusion".

The calculation had been one of the trickiest parts of stalk design, a bewildering maze of orbital dynamics, nonlinear elasticity and thermal diffusion.