In this chapter we deal with two important diffusion processes: the transfer of heat (conduction) and the migration of chemical constituents (diffusion). They typically operate at very different scales; heat moves, for example, through the lithosphere, whereas chemical diffusion operates over distances of microns to a few meters at the most. The laws governing their transport, however, are similar.
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