Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 15, 2026

11:20
In Situ Visualization of the Phase Behavior of Oil Samples Under Refinery Process Conditions
Published on: February 21, 2017
Real-time recording of light patterns in heavy hydrocarbons: a theoretical analysis
Applied Optics
|March 18, 2010
Abstract:
It has been experimentally shown in recent papers that the surface profile of a thermocapillary liquid submitted to heating by a nonuniform light beam undergoes a time-dependent deformation. The profiles corresponding to illumination with (a) a Gaussian laser beam, (b) a point source, (c) a fringe system, and (d) a circular Gaussian speckle pattern are calculated. This study sets some theoretical bases for practical utilization of highly viscous liquid films as transient photographic receivers.

