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thermophoresis

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thermophoresis [‚thər·mə·fə′rē·səs]
(thermodynamics)
The movement of particles in a thermal gradient from high to low temperatures.


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In actual conditions where the temperature differs in dust-laden flow of gas and on the surface, thermophoresis and adhesion will play an important role in deposition of micron-size particles.
The major deposition mechanism was thermophoresis resulting from the temperature gradient between the smoke and the TEM grid, which was cooled relative to the smoke plume by contact with the aluminum support structure of the ASSP.
On the other hand, there have been many investigations on thermophoresis of small particles suspended in a gas in which there exists a temperature gradient.
 
 
 
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