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schmidt number

A dimensionless number relating the ratio of inertial to molecular diffusive forces. Explicitly, Sc = UL/kappa_D in which U and L are characteristic velocity and length scales, respectively, and kappa_D is the diffusion constant of a solute in solution, such as salt in water.

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