Front and domain growth in the presence of gravity

Front and domain growth of a binary mixture in the presence of a gravitational field is studied. The interplay of bulk- and surface-diffusion mechanisms is analyzed. An equation for the evolution of interfaces is derived from a time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau equation with a concentration-dependent d...

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Autores: Lacasta Palacio, Ana María, Hernández Machado, Aurora, Sancho, José M.
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1993
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/9889
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/9889
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Transformacions de fase (Física estadística)
Difusió
Física de l'estat sòlid
Phase transformations (Statistical physics)
Diffusion
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Resumo:Front and domain growth of a binary mixture in the presence of a gravitational field is studied. The interplay of bulk- and surface-diffusion mechanisms is analyzed. An equation for the evolution of interfaces is derived from a time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau equation with a concentration-dependent diffusion coefficient. Scaling arguments on this equation give the exponents of a power-law growth. Numerical integrations of the Ginzburg-Landau equation corroborate the theoretical analysis.