"Magnetic Control of Convection in Nonconducting Paramagnetic Fluids" by J. Huang, Boyd F. Edwards et al.
 

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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.

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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.

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