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. 2023 Jan 29;13(3):544. doi: 10.3390/nano13030544
Br Brinkmann number Qe Exponential heat source parameter
T* Ambient temperature (unit: K) Shx Sherwood number
C* Ambient concentration (unit: mol/m3 ) Ts* Temperature at the surface of the wall (unit: K)
Cf Skin friction coefficient Us Stretching sheet velocity (unit: m/s)
Cs* Concentration at the surface of the wall (unit: mol/m3 ) us* Velocity component in x-direction (unit: m/s)
Cp Specific heat capacity (unit: mol Jkg1 K1 ) vs* Velocity component in y-direction (unit: m/s)
DB Brownian diffusion coefficient (unit: kg m1 s1) Greek Letters
DT Thermophoresis diffusion coefficient (unit: kg m1 s1 K1) α Thickness parameter
E1 Electric field parameter α1 Thermal diffusivity (unit: s/m2)
Ea Dimensional activation energy (unit: KJ/mol ) βC Buoyancy force due to concentration (unit: K1)
Et Nondimensional activation energy βT Buoyancy force due to temperature (unit: K1 )
Ec Eckert number β1 Relaxation and retardation time ratio parameter
G Dimensionless velocity β2 Retardation time parameter
Gr Grashof number ζ Similarity variable
Gc Solutal Grashof number κ Thermal conductivity (unit: W/(m.K))
Kr Chemical reaction rate (unit: mol/s) μ Dynamic viscosity (unit: Pa.s)
K Chemical reaction parameter ν Fluids’ kinematic viscosity (unit: m2 · s1)
Le Lewis number λ1 Relaxation and retardation time ratio
Lb Bioconvection Lewis number L* Microorganism diffusion parameter
m Fitted rate constant λ2 Retardation time (unit: s)
M Magnetic field parameter ϕ Dimensionless concentration (unit: mol/m3 )
Nt Thermophoresis diffusion parameter ρ Density of fluid (unit: Kg/m3)
Nux Nusselt number ψ Stream function (unit: Kg/(m.s))
Nb Brownian diffusion parameter σ Electrical conductivity (unit: S/m )