Numerical simulations in preparation of a low gravity experiment onboard REXUS 16: Chemical Wave In Soret Effect (CWIS)

• Main Authors: Pugliese, Antonio, Tzevelecos, Wassilis, Runge, William, Desenfans, Olivier, Galand, Quentin, Van Vaerenbergh, Stefan, De Filippis, Luigi, Manzone, Santolo, Mancino, Fabrizio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Généralités; Low gravity; Soret effect; Thermodiffusion; Kiruna; Sion
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/207403

The purpose of the CWIS experiment is to visualize the chemical wave due to thermodiffu-sion in a liquid binary mixture. The chemical wave is represented by a strong concentration gradient given by thermodiffusion at the beginning of the process. The milligravity condition will allow to clearly see...