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Capillary emptying and short-range wetting.

A O Parry1, C Rascón, E A G Jamie

  • 1Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BZ, United Kingdom.

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Gravity-driven capillary emptying reveals universal critical singularities. These phenomena, similar to wetting transitions, occur at a macroscopic scale determined by capillary length, observable in laboratory experiments.

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Area of Science:

  • Fluid dynamics
  • Surface science
  • Colloid science

Background:

  • Capillary action governs liquid behavior in narrow spaces.
  • Gravity's influence on liquid-gas interfaces in confined geometries is complex.
  • Understanding wetting transitions is crucial for material science and fluid behavior.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the emptying dynamics of a liquid in a horizontal capillary under gravity.
  • To analyze the deformation of the liquid-gas meniscus as the capillary width increases.
  • To characterize the critical singularities associated with capillary emptying and compare them to wetting transitions.

Main Methods:

  • Experimental study using a colloid-polymer mixture as the liquid.
  • Observation of meniscus deformation and tongue formation in a widening horizontal slit.
  • Analysis of critical singularities at the point of capillary emptying.

Main Results:

  • Liquid-gas meniscus deforms and forms a tongue along the bottom wall as slit width increases.
  • A critical slit width leads to continuous divergence of the tongue length and capillary emptying.
  • The critical singularities observed are analogous to short-ranged wetting transitions, scaled by capillary length.

Conclusions:

  • Macroscopic complete and critical wetting phenomena are observable in laboratory settings.
  • Capillary emptying in this configuration exhibits universal critical behavior.
  • The study provides insights into fluid behavior in confined systems and wetting phenomena.