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For the purposes of this chapter, however, we do not suppose that the temperature is jumped to Fj and then kept constant instead we suppose that the temperature is raised in a slow, continuous way. The composition at the interface follows the temperature, always failing quite to attain equilibrium but departing from equilibrium only by a small amount, which we shall for the most part ignore. The evolution then resembles more the one illustrated in Figure 16.1a and, assuming as in Chapter 15 that there is a small volume-difference = F — F , the diffusion of A from the interface into the two interiors will be accompanied by a nonuniform stress effect (Tjj. (Axes are used as in Chapter 13 with x normal to the interface, cylindrical symmetry about x, all quantities uniform along y and z, and the strain rate equal to zero everywhere.)... 

Among the dynamical properties the ones most frequently studied are the lateral diffusion coefficient for water motion parallel to the interface, re-orientational motion near the interface, and the residence time of water molecules near the interface. Occasionally the single particle dynamics is further analyzed on the basis of the spectral densities of motion. Benjamin studied the dynamics of ion transfer across liquid/liquid interfaces and calculated the parameters of a kinetic model for these processes [10]. Reaction rate constants for electron transfer reactions were also derived for electron transfer reactions [11-19]. More recently, systematic studies were performed concerning water and ion transport through cylindrical pores [20-24] and water mobility in disordered polymers [25,26]. 

Simulations of water in synthetic and biological membranes are often performed by modeling the pore as an approximately cylindrical tube of infinite length (thus employing periodic boundary conditions in one direction only). Such a system contains one (curved) interface between the aqueous phase and the pore surface. If the entrance region of the channel is important, or if the pore is to be simulated in equilibrium with a bulk-like phase, a scheme like the one in Fig. 2 can be used. In such a system there are two planar interfaces (with a hole representing the channel entrance) in addition to the curved interface of interest. Periodic boundary conditions can be applied again in all three directions of space. 

Any real sample of a colloidal suspension has boundaries. These may stem from the walls of the container holding the suspension or from a free interface towards the surroundings. One is faced with surface effects that are small compared to volume effects. But there are also situations where surface effects are comparable to bulk effects because of strong confinement of the suspension. Examples are cylindrical pores (Fig. 8), porous media filled with suspension (Fig. 9), and thin colloidal films squeezed between parallel plates (Fig. 10). Confined systems show physical effects absent in the bulk behavior of the system and absent in the limit of extreme confinement, e.g., a onedimensional system is built up by shrinking the size of a cylindrical pore to the particle diameter. 

J. Holuigue, O. Bertrand, E. Arquis. Solutal convection in crystal growth effect of interface curvature on flow structuration in a three-dimensional cylindrical configuration. J Cryst Growth 180 591, 1997. 

There are two well-accepted models for stress transfer. In the Cox model [94] the composite is considered as a pair of concentric cylinders (Fig. 19). The central cylinder represents the fiber and the outer region as the matrix. The ratio of diameters r/R) is adjusted to the required Vf. Both fiber and matrix are assumed to be elastic and the cylindrical bond between them is considered to be perfect. It is also assumed that there is no stress transfer across the ends of the fiber. If the fiber is much stiffer than the matrix, an axial load applied to the system will tend to induce more strain in the matrix than in the fiber and leads to the development of shear stresses along the cylindrical interface. Cox used the following expression for the tensile stress in the fiber (cT/ ) and shear stress at the interface (t) ... 

Figure A.l. Schematic presentation of a catalytic cylindrical Pt cluster interfaced with an O2 -conducting solid electrolyte (YSZ) showing the flux, N, of the promoting species.

The contact region is simplified as a cylindrical heated volume with only lateral heat exchange, and it is an optimized case that the heat flow towards the interfaces is neglected. The heat flow Q at a steady state can be given by [82]... 

Figure 5. Schematic of nonorthogonal transformations used in finite-element/Newton algorithms for calculating cellular interfaces, (a) Monge cartesian representation for almost planar interfaces, (b) Mixed cylindrical/cartesian mapping for representing deep cells.

Figure 17. Sample interface shapes for System III for increasing P and A = 1.0 as computed using the mixed cylindrical/cartesian representation.

The shape of a droplet or of the front end of a film can be determined from the surface energies and interaction forces between the interfaces. These also determine the equilibrium thickness of a liquid film that completely wets a surface. The calculation is done by minimization of the free energy of the total system. In a two-dimensional case the free energy of a cylindrical droplet can be expressed as [5] ... 

A high specific interfacial area and a direct spectroscopic observation of the interface were attained by the centrifugal liquid membrane (CLM) method shown in Fig. 2. A two-phase system of about 100/rL in each volume is introduced into a cylindrical glass cell with a diameter of 19 mm. The cell is rotated at a speed of 5000-10,000 rpm. By this procedure, a two-phase liquid membrane with a thickness of 50-100 fim. is produced inside the cell wall which attains the specific interfacial area over 100 cm. UV/VIS spectrometry, spectro-fluorometry, and other spectroscopic methods can be used for the measurement of the interfacial species and its concentration as well as those in the thin bulk phases. This is an excellent method for determining interfacial reaction rates on the order of seconds. 

The shape of steady-state voltammograms depends strongly on the geometry of the microhole [13,14], Wilke and Zerihun presented a model to describe diffusion-controlled IT through a microhole [15], In that model, a cylindrical microhole is assumed to be filled with the organic phase, so that a planar liquid-liquid interface is located at the aqueous phase side of the membrane. Assuming that the diffusion is linear inside the cylindrical pore and spherical outside [Fig. 2(a)], the expression for the steady-state IT voltammo-gram is... 

Decanters are normally designed for continuous operation, but the same design principles will apply to batch operated units. A great variety of vessel shapes is used for decanters, but for most applications a cylindrical vessel will be suitable, and will be the cheapest shape. Typical designs are shown in Figures 10.38 and 10.39. The position of the interface can be controlled, with or without the use of instruments, by use of a syphon take-off for the heavy liquid, Figure 10.38. 

For a horizontal, cylindrical, decanter vessel, the interfacial area will depend on the position of the interface. 

The liner was compacted with two lifts, each 6-in. thick. A 1-ft3 block of soil was carved from the liner, and cylindrical test specimens were trimmed from upper and lower lifts and measured for hydraulic conductivity. A 3-in. diameter specimen also was cut, and hydraulic conductivity parallel to the lift interface was measured. The actual in situ hydraulic conductivity, a high 1 x 10-4 cm/s, was verified both by the infiltration measurements and the underdrain measurements. 

Figure 2. Flow of a single gas bubble through a liquid-filled cylindrical capillary. The liquid contains a soluble surfactant whose distribution along the bubble interface is sketched.

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