English

Do thermal diffusion and Dufour coefficients satisfy Onsager's reciprocity relation?

Soft Condensed Matter 2016-01-19 v1

Abstract

It is commonly admitted that in liquids the thermal diffusion and Dufour coefficients DTD_{T}\ and DFD_{F} satisfy Onsager's reciprocity. From their relation to the cross-coefficients of the phenomenological equations, we are led to the conclusion that this is not the case in general. As illustrative and physically relevant examples, we discuss micellar solutions and colloidal suspensions, where DTD_{T} arises from chemical reactions or viscous effects but is not related to the Dufour coefficient DFD_{F}. The situation is less clear for binary molecular mixtures; available experimental and simulation data do not settle the question whether DTD_{T}\ and DFD_{F} are reciprocal coefficients.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1601.04435,
  title  = {Do thermal diffusion and Dufour coefficients satisfy Onsager's reciprocity relation?},
  author = {Alois Würger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1601.04435},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

11 pages, 4 figures

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