Acta Phys. -Chim. Sin. ›› 2000, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (03): 193-195.doi: 10.3866/PKU.WHXB20000301

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Gravitational Influence on the Perikinetic Coagulation Process

Sun Zhi-Wei, Qiao Run-Long   

  1. National Microgravity Laboratory,Institute of Mechanics,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Beijing 100080
  • Received:1999-10-22 Revised:1999-12-16 Published:2000-03-15
  • Contact: Sun Zhi-Wei

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Abstract:

An experimental set up was designed to separately test how sedimentation and convection driven flows affect the perikinetic coagulation process in a ground based experiment. The experiment showed that the sedimentation slightly accelerates the coagulation process and weak free convection driven flows do not noticeably contribute to coagulation for 2 μm particles' dispersion.

Key words: Dispersions, Perikinetic coagulation, Density match, Free convection, Microgravity