Fick diffusion coefficients probed by the shadowgraph method considering confinement and advection

Abstract

The present work contributes to the development of the shadowgraph method for its routine application for an accurate determination of the Fick diffusion coefficient D11 of binary fluid mixtures. In this context, measurement and data evaluation strategies for thermodiffusion experiments where confinement and advection are potentially present are elaborated by studying two binary liquid mixtures with positive and negative Soret coefficients, i.e., 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene/n-dodecane and acetone/cyclohexane. For obtaining accurate D11 data, the dynamics of non-equilibrium fluctuations in concentration is analyzed considering recent theory by data evaluation procedures that are demonstrated to be suitable for different experimental configurations.