Effect of thermal diffusion and chemical reaction on MHD free convective flow past an infinite isothermal vertical plate with heat source

Abstract

An attempt has been made to study the heat and mass transfer effect on an MHD free convection flow of an electrically conducting viscous fluid past over a moving infinite isothermal vertical plate subject to transverse magnetic field in presence of Soret effect, chemical reaction, heat source and thermal radiation.  Exact solutions for velocity field, temperature profile and concentration distribution are obtained using Laplace transformation technique in closed form.  Expressions for skin friction, rate of heat transfer and rate of mass transfer are also derived.  The effects of different physical parameters on the various fields are studied graphically.