Density fluctuations near the liquid-gas critical point of a confined fluid

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作者
Melnichenko, YB [1 ]
Wignall, GD
Cole, DR
Frielinghaus, H
机构
[1] Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Condensed Matter Sci Div, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
[2] Oak Ridge Natl Lab, Div Chem Sci, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
[3] Forschungszentrum Julich, Inst Festkorperforsch, D-52425 Julich, Germany
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW E | 2004年 / 69卷 / 05期
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10.1103/PhysRevE.69.057102
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
We report the results of an experimental study of the effect of a dilute silica network on liquid-gas critical phenomena in carbon dioxide (CO2). Using small-angle neutron scattering, we measured the correlation length of the density fluctuations in bulk (xi(bulk)) and confined CO2 (xi(conf)) as a function of temperature and average fluid density. We find that quenched disorder induced by an aerogel suppresses density fluctuations: xi(conf) loses the Ising model divergence characteristic of xi(bulk) and does not exceed the size of pores in the homogeneous region.
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