DYNAMICS OF PHASE-SEPARATION OF BINARY FLUIDS

被引:70
作者
MA, WJ
MARITAN, A
BANAVAR, JR
KOPLIK, J
机构
[1] UNIV PADUA, DIPARTIMENTO FIS, I-35100 PADUA, ITALY
[2] PENN STATE UNIV, MAT RES LAB, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
[3] CUNY CITY COLL, DEPT PHYS, NEW YORK, NY 10031 USA
[4] CUNY CITY COLL, BENJAMIN LEVICH INST, NEW YORK, NY 10031 USA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1992年 / 45卷 / 08期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.45.R5347
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
The results of molecular-dynamics studies of surface-tension-dominated spinodal decomposition of initially well-mixed binary fluids in the absence and presence of gravity are presented. The growth exponent for the domain size and the decay exponent of the potential energy of interaction between the two species with time are found to be 0.6 +/- 0.1, inconsistent with scaling arguments based on dimensional analysis.
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页码:R5347 / R5350
页数:4
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