NASA NTRS · 20090014794
Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-5: Phase Separation
Abstract
The Binary Colloidal Alloy Test - 5: Phase Separation (BCAT-5-PhaseSep) experiment will photograph initially randomized colloidal samples onboard the ISS to determine their resulting structure over time. This allows the scientists to capture the kinetics (evolution) of their samples, as well as the final equilibrium state of each sample. BCAT-5-PhaseSep studies collapse (phase separation rates that impact product shelf-life); in microgravity the physics of collapse is not masked by being reduced to a simple top and bottom phase as it is on Earth.
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Lynch, Matthew, Weitz, David A., Lu, Peter J.. 2008-10-10. Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-5: Phase Separation. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20090014794
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