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Results of experiments on thermal diffusion in ferrocolloids are discussed in the paper. The Soret coefficient is evaluated from measurements of particle separation in thermodiffusion column. To interpret the separation curves measured in the presence of a magnetic field, the column theory is modified taking into account for MHD effects of free convection. It is shown that the Hartmann effect in hydrocarbon based colloids as well in ionic magnetic fluids does not influence significantly the particle separation dynamics. From unsteady separation curves positive values of the Soret coefficient of surfacted particles in tetradecane based colloids are calculated. Such direction of particle transfer toward decreasing temperatures agrees with the slip-velocity theory of thermophoresis of lyophilized particles. An uniform magnetic field oriented normally to the temperature gradient causes an increase in thermal diffusion coefficient. The results agree qualitatively well with hydrodynamic theory of particle thermo magnetophoresis.
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Blums, E., Mezulis, A. (1999). Thermal Diffusion and Particle Separation in Ferrocolloids. In: Alemany, A., Marty, P., Thibault, J.P. (eds) Transfer Phenomena in Magnetohydrodynamic and Electroconducting Flows. Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 51. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4764-4_1
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