Critical wetting phenomena : observation of hydrodynamic instabilities

S. Chatterjee , V. Vani , S. Guha , E.S.R. Gopal

In critical wetting phenomena, the situation of a heavier liquid residing on top of lighter liquid is observed. The consequences of the Rayleigh-Taylor mode of instability in the semicritical wetting layer in a binary liquid mixture are investigated. We also report experimental observations in support of our theory, in the critical binary liquid mixture cyclohexane + acetonitrile.

Mots clés: critical mixtures; flow instability; wetting

Domaines: Articles anciens

S. Chatterjee, V. Vani, S. Guha, E.S.R. Gopal. Critical wetting phenomena : observation of hydrodynamic instabilities. Journal de Physique, 1985, 46 (9), pp.1533-1541. ⟨10.1051/jphys:019850046090153300⟩. ⟨jpa-00210099⟩