Packing grains by thermally cycling

Details Packing grains by thermally cycling Packing grains by thermally cycling

2006-08-04

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0608124v1

Final version published in Nature vol.442, 257 (2006)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

7 pages, 1 figure

Scientific paper

10.1038/442257a

One of the oldest and most intriguing problems in the handling of materials is how a collection of solid grains packs together. While granular packing is normally determined by how grains are poured or shaken, we find that a systematic and controllable increase in packing is induced by simply raising and lowering the temperature, e.g., without the input of mechanical energy. The results demonstrate that thermal processing provides a largely unexplored mechanism of grain dynamics, as well as an important practical consideration in the handling and storage of granular materials.

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