What if their paper proves the other paper wrong. You just assumed it does not.
1,895 posted on 08/21/2003 1:09 PM CDT by DittoJed2
You know, if YOU can't read and understand either paper, why do believe either one at all? Or anything at all?
I'll bet real money it won't even acknowledge the other paper.
Errors in this sort of work tend to go one way; they tend to overestimate the diffusion constant. The reason is, if there are defects or cracks in the crystal, diffusion can proceed rapidly along the cracks or through the defects, and appear anomalously fast. The slowest diffusion will be in a nearly perfect crystal. I can't imagine how you could slow diffusion any further than that, at the same temperature. So, if two groups measure diffusion constants, and one is substantially smaller, I tend to believe the smaller value.