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Surface Tension Measurements in Microgravity and their Relevance to Marangoni Convection
Author(s) -
Egry Iván
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.200390058
Subject(s) - marangoni effect , surface tension , convection , marangoni number , surface (topology) , mechanics , materials science , chemical physics , chemistry , thermodynamics , physics , geometry , mathematics
The physical properties of liquids, such as surface tension, Marangoni convection and surface segregation are important in many technical fields and are of fundamental interest. However, inaccuracy of experiments has prevented us from fully understanding these phenomena. Recent advances in experimental techniques, such as the containerless technique and the utilization of microgravity, are described.