Tubulencia interfacial em filmes coloidais

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

1989

RESUMO

In this work we investigate the correlation between the almost regular pattern size obtained in aluminum anodization for various acid solutions like sulfuric, oxalic, chromic, and phosphoric acids and its wettability variations determined by using a Wilhelmy-type apparatus, obtained for two aluminum electrode polarization?s, i.e. anodic deposition and H2 evolution immersed in the same acid solutions. The correlation between these two factors suggested that these patterns are generated by interface tension gradients induced by Al2O3 concentration fluctuations. A theoretical model that describes the forces acting on a colloidal Al2O3 layer formed on the electrode surface was developed by using the Navier-Stokes equation. The hypotheses was checked by establishing a correlation between the measured size of periodic cells formed and the measured surface tension variation and assuming that this surface tension variation is the driving force of the liquid layer movement for various sulfuric acid concentrations. A good matching between the model and the measured values was obtained indicating that surface tension gradients may indeed generate turbulence that leads to the formation of the observed regular patterns

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fisico-quimica quimica de superficie coloides

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