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An evaluation of multi-component diffusion effects in hypersonic flows is presented. A comparison is made of the results obtained from the common simplifying assumption of Fick’s law with the results obtained from the precise constitutive relations stemming from the kinetic theory of gases. To fix the ideas, the flow of a ternary mixture past a flat plate is considered, for which pressure diffusion is negligible. Whereas the precise analysis is more complicated, the results for the mass-fraction distribution can be significantly different from the corresponding simpler analysis stemming from Fick’s Law. |