Evidence for the Influence of Hydrodynamics in a Phase-Separating Fluid
- 28 August 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 41 (9), 657-660
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.41.657
Abstract
Light scattering and microscopic observation were used to study phase separation in a critical binary mixture of 2,6-lutidine and water. A crossover in the growth rate of nucleating regions occurred at a characteristic size μm. We also observed the temporal fluctuations in the system. They give rise to a strongly non-Lorentzian power spectrum.
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