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

DOI

doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.35.3481

Rights

1987 American Physical Society

Comments

Archived as published.

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