Talk:Thermophoresis

Stub class
article is stub class Cinnamon colbert 20:35, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

removed unverified tag; the cited paper is good for verification. Cinnamon colbert 20:34, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Thermomigration merge
Do merge Thermomigration with this article. They talk about exactly the same thing. EIFY (talk) 18:10, 26 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Merge completed. The article could use some work. Merry Christmas. Stan J. Klimas (talk) 19:46, 26 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Good work. Headbomb {{{sup|ταλκ}}κοντριβς – WP Physics} 20:34, 26 December 2008 (UTC)

The force of a temperature gradient
The first sentence of the lead section refers to "the force of a temperature gradient." I know a temperature gradient is, and I'm familiar with the force from a pressure gradient, but not from a temperature gradient. Is it the same as the Thermophoretic force described in the first section? This needs to be cleared up in the article. --TSchwenn (talk) 01:22, 22 May 2012 (UTC)

also gaseous diffusion (thermal transpiration)?
I just created an article at thermal transpiration which was redlinked, but I noticed this article and reading it, it appears that it may be closely related to this article. Should these be merged as well? The distinction seems to be: There are of course many other thermal gradient-induced transport effects (Seebeck effect for instance) and I'm not sure that they all deserve to be in the same article. --Nanite (talk) 19:46, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Soret effect describes the thermal gradient force on colloidal particles in a solution, IIUC.
 * Thermal transpiration describes thermal gradient force on gaseous particles, mainly observed in rarefied gases.