Interfacial cellular mixing and a conjecture on global deposit morphology
- 25 March 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 66 (12) , 1606-1609
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.66.1606
Abstract
We report the development of cellular mixing at a vertical interface between miscible solutions with a single diffusing species. For the binary systems studied, this patterned convection occurs only when the interface is driven. Experimental results support the interpretation of this hydrodynamic instability as a surface-tension effect. We relate this convective instability, and viscous fingering between fluids with small relative viscosities, to the macroscopic morphology of electrodeposits and precipitates.Keywords
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