title: Intrinsic dispersivity of randomly packed monodisperse spheres.
abstract: We determine the intrinsic longitudinal dispersivity l(d) of randomly packed monodisperse spheres by separating the intrinsic stochastic dispersivity l(d) from dispersion by unavoidable sample dependent flow heterogeneities. The measured l(d), scaled by the hydrodynamic radius r(h), coincide with theoretical predictions [Saffman, J. Fluid Mech. 7, 194 (1960)] for dispersion in an isotropic random network of identical capillaries of length l and radius a, for l/a=3.82, and with rescaled simulation results [Maier et al., Phys. Fluids 12, 2065 (2000)].
authors.affiliation: REQUIMTE/CQFB, Departamento de Química, FCT-Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal. ums@dq.fct.unl.pt
authors.forename: U M
authors.initials: UM
authors.lastname: Scheven
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Johns