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. 2005 May 15;285(2):737-43.
doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2004.12.023.

Experimental investigation on thermocapillary drop migration at large Marangoni number in reduced gravity

Jing-Chang Xie  1 , Hai Lin, Pu Zhang, Fang Liu, Wen-Rui Hu
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Experimental investigation on thermocapillary drop migration at large Marangoni number in reduced gravity

Jing-Chang Xie et al. J Colloid Interface Sci. .

Abstract

Results from a space experiment on thermocapillary drop migration conducted on board the Chinese spacecraft ShenZhou-4 are presented in this paper. In the experiment, isolated drops of Fluorinert liquid moved in a matrix liquid of 5cst silicone oil at values of the Marangoni numbers (Ma) ranging up to 5500 and the interferometry images showed the temperature distribution inside the test cell. The drop migration velocity was measured. The experimental results show that the scaled drop migration velocity V/V(YGB) obviously decreases with Ma increasing the values up to 5500. The space experimental results are also compared with those from our early experiments, other space experiments, and some theoretical predictions.

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