Phys. Rev. A 45, R5347(R) (1992) - Dynamics of phase separation of binary fluids

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Dynamics of phase separation of binary fluids

Wen-Jong Ma, Amos Maritan, Jayanth R. Banavar, and Joel Koplik

Phys. Rev. A 45, R5347(R) – Published 1 April 1992

Abstract

The results of molecular-dynamics studies of surface-tension-dominated spinodal decomposition of initially well-mixed binary fluids in the absence and presence of gravity are presented. The growth exponent for the domain size and the decay exponent of the potential energy of interaction between the two species with time are found to be 0.6±0.1, inconsistent with scaling arguments based on dimensional analysis.

Received 24 January 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.45.R5347

©1992 American Physical Society

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Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802

Department of Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
Dipartmento de Fisica, Università Padova, Padova, Italy

Jayanth R. Banavar

Department of Physics and Materials Research Laboratory, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802

Benjamin Levich Institute and Department of Physics, City College of New York, New York, New York 10031

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Vol. 45, Iss. 8 — April 1992

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