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Surface Tension Driven Flow in Glass Melts and Model Fluids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Thomas J. McNeil
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Clarkson College of Technology, Potsdam, New York 13676
Robert Cole
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Clarkson College of Technology, Potsdam, New York 13676
R. Shankar Subramanian
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Clarkson College of Technology, Potsdam, New York 13676
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Abstract

Experiments on surface tension driven flow in nominally cylindrical columns of a glass melt and silicone oils are described and results are presented. Predictions from an appropriate theoretical model are included. Conclusive proof has been obtained for the dominance of surface tension driven flow in these systems under the conditions of the present investigation.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1982

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