Search for an Instability on a Quenched-Liquid Interface

Authors

• Steven N. Rauseo, University of Pittsburgh
• Nalini Easwar, University of PittsburghFollow
• James V. Maher, University of Pittsburgh

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-1-1987

Publication Title

Physical Review A

Abstract

We searched for signs of an instability on the interface between the two phases of a binary-liquid mixture, isobutyric acid and water, after the mixture was quenched further into the two-phase region. Such an instability would be the liquid-liquid analog of the Mullins-Sekerka instability seen in quenched alloys. Never is any dramatic growth observed, but under conditions of small dimensionless quench depth (theta<1.5×10⁻³), the intensity of light scattered from the interface grows for small values of the momentum transfer k.

Volume

35

First Page

3481

Rights

1987 American Physical Society

Version

Version of Record

Recommended Citation

Rauseo, Steven N.; Easwar, Nalini; and Maher, James V., "Search for an Instability on a Quenched-Liquid Interface" (1987). Physics: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/phy_facpubs/40