Coarsening Due to Thermally Induced Marangoni Convection
The growth of closely packed droplets in a decomposing butoxyethanol/water mixture is studied at reduced gravity during scaled times t* = t(D/xi2) on the order of t* = 10(6) (t, time; D, diffusion coefficient; xi, correlation length). Thermally induced Marangoni convection at the surfaces of the droplets causes an enhancement of the coarsening process.
Ikier
C
Institut fur Raumsimulation, DLR, Koln, 51147, Germany
Klein
H
Woermann
D