thermal transpiration

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thermal transpiration [′thər·məl ‚tranz·pə′rā·shən]

(thermodynamics)

The formation of a pressure gradient in gas inside a tube when there is a temperature gradient in the gas and when the mean free path of molecules in the gas is a significant fraction of the tube diameter. Also known as thermal effusion.

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