Hostname: page-component-6bf8c574d5-8gtf8 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2025-02-23T08:39:03.106Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Coalescence and fragmentation of colliding mercury drops

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 September 1997

A. MENCHACA-ROCHA
Affiliation:
Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, AP 20-364, 01000 México DF, México
F. HUIDOBRO
Affiliation:
Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, AP 20-364, 01000 México DF, México
A. MARTINEZ-DAVALOS
Affiliation:
Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, AP 20-364, 01000 México DF, México
K. MICHAELIAN
Affiliation:
Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, AP 20-364, 01000 México DF, México
A. PEREZ
Affiliation:
Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, AP 20-364, 01000 México DF, México
V. RODRIGUEZ
Affiliation:
Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, AP 20-364, 01000 México DF, México
N. CÂRJAN
Affiliation:
CEN de Bordeaux-Gradignan, F-33170 Gradignan, France
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.

Coalescence and fragmentation of equal and unequal liquid-drop pairs are studied using a new experimental technique in which mercury drops collide while sliding on a horizontal glass surface. The limits for coalescence measured as a function of the incident relative velocity and impact parameter are found to be similar to what has been reported for free-moving drops of other liquids, while new correlations are found to occur among the number, size, speed and angular distribution of fragmentation residues. The predictions of various models, including a dynamic theory originally developed for nuclear reactions, and specifically modified by us for macroscopic applications, are compared with the observations.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press