Title: mixing height
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - mixing height
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.M03947
Status: current

Definition
The height to which significant mixing of added pollutants occurs within the atmosphere. In reference to stack gases, it is considered the height at which stack effluent begins mixing with the atmosphere as it leaves the stack.

Related Term
- effluent: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/E01910

Source
- PAC, 1990, 62, 2167. 'Glossary of atmospheric chemistry terms (Recommendations 1990)' on page 2202 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199062112167)

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- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/M03947/xml

Citation: Citation: 'mixing height' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.M03947
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