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Science 31 May 1968:
Vol. 160. no. 3831, pp. 995 - 996
DOI: 10.1126/science.160.3831.995
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Concentration-Gradient-Driven Convection: Experiments

David G. Thomas 1 and Robert A. Armistead 1

1 Oak Ridge Nationzal Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830

Concentration-gradient-driven convection was studied by measurement of the rate of dissolution of the lower face of a KCl single crystal in contact with various solvents. The rate of mass transfer due to convective stirring appeared to follow the Rayleigh number to the one-third power law. A regular pattern of etch pits due to the convective stirring action was observed in the crystal face after exposure to water for 5 minutes. Schlieren photographs of the early stages of dissolution showed a regular pattern of spikes having approximately the same dimensions as the etch pits in the crystals.

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