Relaxation time oscillation

It was determined, for example, that the surface tension of water relaxes to its equilibrium value with a relaxation time of 0.6 msec [104]. The oscillating jet method has been useful in studying the surface tension of surfactant solutions. Figure 11-21 illustrates the usual observation that at small times the jet appears to have the surface tension of pure water. The slowness in attaining the equilibrium value may partly be due to the times required for surfactant to diffuse to the surface and partly due to chemical rate processes at the interface. See Ref. 105 for similar studies with heptanoic acid and Ref. 106 for some anomalous effects. 

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Debye and Falkenhagen predicted that the ionic atmosphere would not be able to adopt an asymmetric configuration corresponding to a moving central ion if the ion were oscillating in response to an applied electrical field and if the frequency of the applied field were comparable to the reciprocal of the relaxation time of the ionic atmosphere. This was found to be the case at frequencies over 5 MHz where the molar conductivity approaches a value somewhat higher than A0. This increase of conductivity is caused by the disappearance of the time-of-relaxation effect, while the electrophoretic effect remains in full force. 

Thus unlike the previous case where the transition probability per unit time exists at some small time and is determined by the frequency characteristics of the reactive oscillator, here the concept of the transition probability per unit time exists only at some sufficiently long time. Note two more differences between the formulas (161)-(162) and (171)-(172). In the first case the frequency factor transition probability (i.e., preexponential factor) is determined mainly by the frequency of the reactive oscillator co. In the second case it depends on the inverse relaxation time r l = 2T determined by the interaction of the reactive oscillator with the thermal bath. 

Time resolution of the enthalpy changes is often possible and depends on a number of experimental parameters, such as the characteristics of the transducer (oscillation frequency and relaxation time) and the acoustic transit time of the system, za, which can be defined by ra = r0/ua where r0 is the radius of the irradiated sample, and va is the speed of sound in the liquid. The observed voltage response of the transducer, V (t) is given by the convolution of the time-dependent heat source, H (t) and the instrument response function,... 

Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics simulations of water near hydrophobic surfaces have yielded a wealth of information about the structure, thermodynamics and transport properties of interfacial water. In particular, they have demonstrated the presence of molecular layering and density oscillations which extend many Angstroms away from the surfaces. These oscillations have recently been verified experimentally. Ordered dipolar orientations and reduced dipole relaxation times are observed in most of the simulations, indicating that interfacial water is not a uniform dielectric continuum. Reduced dipole relaxation times near the surfaces indicate that interfacial water experiences hindered rotation. The majority of simulation results indicate that water near hydrophobic surfaces exhibits fewer hydrogen bonds than water near the midplane. 

The methods so far discussed involve a single discrete perturbation of the chemical system with direct observation of the attendant relaxation. An oscillating perturbation of a chemical equilibrium can also lead to a hysteresis in the equilibrium shift of the system. This effect can lead to the determination of a relaxation time. The process will obviously be more complex than with discrete perturbations, and there will be problems in the monitoring. 

Sound waves provide a periodic oscillation of pressure and temperature. In water, the pressure perturbation is most important in non-aqueous solution, the temperature effect is paramount. If cu (= 2 nf, where/is the sound frequency in cps) is very much larger than t (t, relaxation time of the chemical system), then the chemical system will have no opportunity to respond to the very high frequency of the sound waves, and will remain sensibly unaffected. 

As a rough guide, a particle follows the fluid motion faithfully if its relaxation time, a 2y + l)/9v, is small compared with the period of oscillation (L12), i.e., if... 

On physical grounds, relaxation of permanent dipoles is expected to be highly dependent on temperature this is in contrast with Lorentz oscillators, the dielectric behavior of which is relatively insensitive to changes in temperature. Debye (1929, Chap. 5) derived a simple classical expression for the relaxation time of a sphere of radius a in a fluid of viscosity tj ... 

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