Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol.107, No.42, 11763-11767, 2003
Enhanced molecular separation in inclined thermogravitational columns
We show in this paper that the molecular separation (or the difference in mass fraction) between the top and the bottom in a thermogravitational column can be substantially increased by inclining the column by an angle theta. This increase is almost given by 1/cos theta. This view is supported by experiments performed on the water-ethanol system.