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driven convection is avoided. When a stable liquid serve as the standard for ground experiments and
composition profile is reached, measurements of the for numerical modeling of hydrocarbon mixtures.
variations in density caused by the Soret effect are Once the Soret coefficients are determined for different
performed by interferometry. samples, the scientific community will be able to test
the predictions of numerical simulations of molecular
Successfully generating isothermal and thermal
diffusion coefficients for different component mixtures dynamics and, eventually, model the distribution of
components within underground reservoirs.
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