The characteristics of salt fingers in a variety of fluid systems, including stellar interiors, liquid metals, oceans, and magmas

DOI10.1063/1.864419zbMath0523.76074OpenAlexW2158982748WikidataQ57382390 ScholiaQ57382390MaRDI QIDQ3674279

Raymond W. Schmitt

Publication date: 1983

Published in: The Physics of Fluids (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.864419

zbMATH Keywords

growth ratesPrandtl numberssalt fingersbandwidthswavenumbersmagmasflux ratiosdiffusivity ratiosdouble diffusion in astrophysics, chemistry, geology, metallurgy, meteorologygrowth of semiconductor crystalsheat/saltsalt/sugar

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Free convection (76R10) Meteorology and atmospheric physics (86A10) Galactic and stellar structure (85A15) Diffusion and convection (76R99) Geological problems (86A60)

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