Mixture segregation by an inertial cavitation bubble.
Pressure diffusion is a mass diffusion process forced by pressure gradients. It has the ability to segregate two species of a mixture, driving the densest species toward high pressure zones, but requires very large pressure gradients to become noticeable. An inertial cavitation bubble develops large pressure gradients in its vicinity, especially as the bubble rebounds at the end of its collapse, and it is therefore expected that a liquid mixture surrounding such a bubble would become segregated. Theory developed in an earlier paper shows that this is indeed the case for sufficiently large molecules or nano-particles. The main theoretical results are recalled and a possible implication of this segregation phenomenon on the well-known cavitation-enhanced crystals nucleation is proposed.
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Laboratoire de Génie des Procédés des Solides Divisés, UMR CNRS 2392, Ecole des Mines d'Albi-Carmaux, Campus Jarlard, 81013 Albi Cedex 09, France.
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D003198:Computer Simulation; D004058:Diffusion; D005740:Gases / Q000737:chemistry*; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D011312:Pressure
D005740:Gases