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Stable Aqueous Suspensions of Manganese Ferrite Clusters with Tunable Nanoscale Dimension and Composition
Published on: February 5, 2022
Drift of ferrocolloids through a cylindrical grid by magnetic force
1Institute of Physics, University of Latvia, Miera 32, LV-2169 Salaspils, Latvia.
Abstract:
The subject of the paper is to investigate the coupling phenomena of magnetic and non-uniform temperature fields in ferrofluids. The coupling creates a special kind of mass transfer and an inhomogeneous concentration of ferrofluid arises especially near bodies, where higher field gradients are present. Particular attention is paid to the oriented mass transfer, i.e. the magnitude and direction of ferrofluid flux with respect to the temperature gradient and magnetic field. Quantitatively, oriented phoretic transport can be characterized by the magnetic Soret coefficient and osmotic pressure difference. The problem is solved using two-dimensional (2D) numerical simulations for the periodic structure of the bodies. Special attention is paid to the magnetic bulk force as the driving force.
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