This study experimentally investigated acoustically driven gas-mixture separation. Acoustic wave propagation in a narrow tube can induce gas-mixture separation. A binary mixture of helium and argon was used as the gas mixture. The pressure amplitude of the acoustic wave and initial molar fraction of the helium gas were investigated. The obtained experimental data indicated that the molar fraction initially increased with increasing pressure amplitude, whereas the saturated molar fraction did not show a clear dependence on the pressure. Although the degree of separation was smaller with purer helium, gas-mixture separation occurred under all conditions within the experimental range.

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