Surface tension-driven convection patterns in two liquid layers.

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DOI10.1016/S0167-2789(00)00100-7zbMATH Open1096.76509arXivpatt-sol/9911004MaRDI QIDQ1587732FDOQ1587732


Authors: Anne Juel, John M. Burgess, W. D. McCormick, Harry L. Swinney, Jack B. Swift Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 2000

Published in: Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Two superposed liquid layers display a variety of convective phenomena that are inaccessible in the traditional system where the upper layer is a gas. We consider several pairs of immiscible liquids. Once the liquids have been selected, the applied temperature difference and the depths of the layers are the only independent control parameters. Using a perfluorinated hydrocarbon and silicone oil system, we have made the first experimental observation of convection with the top plate hotter than the lower plate. Since the system is stably stratified, this convective flow is solely due to thermocapillary forces. We also have found oscillatory convection at onset in an acetonitrile and n-hexane system heated from below.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/patt-sol/9911004




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