diffusion mechanism

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diffusion
noun[U]
uk
/dɪˈfjuː.ʒən/us
/dɪˈfjuː.ʒən/
the action of spreading in ...
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mechanism
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/us
/ˈmek.ə.nɪ.zəm/
a part of a machine, or a set of parts that ...
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Increasing rates of both in- and out-migration and the persistence of local migration patterns, even in the early twentieth century, further strengthened this culturaldiffusionmechanism.
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As a result of thediffusionmechanism, high-quality solutions can be identified from clusters of agents with the same hypothesis.
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The adjective diffusion is used because the original use of this term was for junction diodes, where the charge transport was via thediffusionmechanism.
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Thediffusionmechanismcauses changes in the homogeneity of the alloy.
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Directional anisotropy refers to a difference indiffusionmechanismor rate in a particular direction on a given crystallographic plane.
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Above the glass transition temperature amorphous segments of polymer exhibit liquid-like properties and allow gases to pass through by a solutiondiffusionmechanism.
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Kirkendalls experiment produced evidence of a vacancydiffusionmechanism, which is the accepted mechanism to this day.
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Traditional turbulent shear-flowmeasurements are incapable of determining diffusion mechanisms because of the presence of the dominant mean shear generated turbulence.
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Factors such as anisotropy, different kinds of seed diffusion mechanisms and reconstruction of the flow topology significantly impact on the effective diffusivity.
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Another possiblediffusionmechanisminvolves lattice vacancies.
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Farmer-to-farmer seed diffusion mechanisms form part of those decentralized communication channels.
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Various analytical tools may be used to elucidate surface diffusion mechanisms and rates, the most important of which are field ion microscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy.
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