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Term: peclet number
Definition:

A relationship between the advective and diffusive components of solute transport expressed as the ratio of the product of the average interstitial velocity, times the characteristic length, divided by the coefficient of molecular diffusion; small values indicate diffusion dominance, large values indicate advection dominance.

Created 2023.04.16
Last Modified 2023.04.16
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