Onset of Rayleigh-Bénard convection in binary liquid mixtures of 3 He in 4 He
- 1 October 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Fluid Mechanics
- Vol. 135 (-1), 235-259
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022112083003067
Abstract
We describe experiments in which we have observed the onset of Rayleigh-Bénard convection in normal liquid 3He–4He mixtures. Evidence of overstability was seen when heating from below but only stationary convection was observed when heating from above. Measurements of the critical Rayleigh number are presented and compared with the predictions of current theories of marginal stability in a binary mixture. These experiments exemplify liquid 3He–4He mixtures as a system for the study of convective instabilities.Keywords
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