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Title : Self-motion of a camphor disk coupled with convection

Language: English
Type: Article
Authors: Hiroyuki Kitahata, Shin-ichi Hiromatsu, Yukie Doi, Satoshi Nakata and Mohammed Rafiqul Islam
Journal: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
ISSN: 1463-9076
Volume: 6
Number: 9
Month: 5
Year: 2004
Actual year: 2004
Pages: 2409-2414
doi:   10.1039/b315672a
Abstract: The self-motion of a camphor disk on water was investigated both experimentally and theoretically. When the camphor disk moved along a one-dimensional water chamber, a convective flow was observed around the disk and the magnitude of convection decreased with an increase in the velocity of camphor motion. The camphor disk exhibited a characteristic motion that depended on the shape of the base of the chamber. The nature of the self-motion was reproduced by a numerical simulation that included the surface tension of the camphor layer as the driving force and Marangoni convection induced by the difference in surface tension around the camphor disk.

"Self-motion of a camphor disk coupled with convection"

Hiroyuki Kitahata, Shin-ichi Hiromatsu, Yukie Doi, Satoshi Nakata and Mohammed Rafiqul Islam, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 6, 2409-2414 (2004)