Dufour effect

The Dufour effect is the energy flux due to a mass concentration gradient occurring as a coupled effect of irreversible processes. It is the reciprocal phenomenon to the Soret effect.[1]

References

  1. http://www.pnas.org/content/77/4/1728.full.pdf
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