Phase Separation in Binary Fluid Mixtures with Continuously Ramped Temperature

Details Phase Separation in Binary Fluid Mixtures with Continuously Ramped Temperature Phase Separation in Binary Fluid Mixtures with Continuously Ramped Temperature

2003-04-03

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0304085v1

Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. (Lond.) Ser. A, v 361 pp 793-807 (2003)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

Scientific paper

10.1098/rsta.2002.1165

We consider the demixing of a binary fluid mixture, under gravity, which is steadily driven into a two phase region by slowly ramping the temperature. We assume, as a first approximation, that the system remains spatially isothermal, and examine the interplay of two competing nonlinearities. One of these arises because the supersaturation is greatest far from the meniscus, creating inversion of the density which can lead to fluid motion; although isothermal, this is somewhat like the Benard problem (a single-phase fluid heated from below). The other is the intrinsic diffusive instability which results either in nucleation or in spinodal decomposition at large supersaturations. Experimental results on a simple binary mixture show interesting oscillations in heat capacity and optical properties for a wide range of ramp parameters. We argue that these oscillations arise under conditions where both nonlinearities are important.

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