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Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Physical Review E
Volume
57
Issue
1
Publisher
American Physical Society
Publication Date
1-1-1998
First Page
29
Last Page
31
Abstract
An inhomogeneous magnetic field exerts a magnetic body force on magnetically permeable fluids. A recent experiment [D. Braithwaite, E. Beaugnon, and R. Tournier, Nature (London) 354, 134 (1991)] demonstrates that this force can be used to compensate for gravity and to control convection in a paramagnetic solution of gadolinium nitrate. We provide the theory of magnetically controlled convection in a horizontal paramagnetic fluid layer heated from either above or below. Our theoretical predictions agree with the experiments.
Recommended Citation
“Magnetic control of convection in nonconducting paramagneticfluids,” J. Huang, B. F. Edwards, and D. D. Gray, Phys. Rev. E RapidCommunication, 57, R29 (1998) [10].
Comments
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevE.57.R29
Published by American Physical Society in Physical Review E. Publisher PDF is available for download through the link above.