Experimental studies of the flow of concentrated hard sphere suspensions into a constriction

L. Isa, R. Besseling, E. R. Weeks, Wilson Poon

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Interesting flow properties are observed when a concentrated suspension of colloidal particles flows into a geometrical constriction. We present here a description of two different experimental techniques used to study the pressure driven flow of dense suspensions of micron-sized hard spheres into glass capillaries. The first one involves the analysis of the driving pressure during the flow, the other one is based on fast confocal microscopy. Technical details are given, together with a selection of preliminary results.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationStatistical Physics of Ageing Phenomena and the Glass Transition
EditorsM Henkel, R Sanctuary, M Pleimling
Place of PublicationBRISTOL
PublisherIOP Publishing
Pages124-132
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)*************
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2006
EventSummer School on Aging and the Glass Transition - Luxembourg
Duration: 18 Sept 200524 Sept 2005

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ConferenceSummer School on Aging and the Glass Transition
CityLuxembourg
Period18/09/0524/09/05

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  • MICROSCOPY

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