par Nagatsu, Yuichiro;Ishii, Y;Tada, Y;De Wit, Anne 
Référence Physical review letters, 113, page (024502)
Publication Publié, 2014
Référence Physical review letters, 113, page (024502)
Publication Publié, 2014
Article révisé par les pairs
| Résumé : | We experimentally demonstrate that a precipitation reaction at the miscible interface between two reactive solutions can trigger a hydrodynamic instability due to the buildup of a locally adverse mobility gradient related to a decrease in permeability. The precipitate results from an A+Bâ†C type of reaction when a solution containing one of the reactants is injected into a solution of the other reactant in a porous medium or a Hele-Shaw cell. Fingerlike precipitation patterns are observed upon displacement, the properties of which depend on whether A displaces B or vice versa. A mathematical modeling of the underlying mobility profile confirms that the instability originates from a local decrease in mobility driven by the localized precipitation. Nonlinear simulations of the related reaction-diffusion-convection model reproduce the properties of the instability observed experimentally. In particular, the simulations suggest that differences in diffusivity between A and B may contribute to the asymmetric characteristics of the fingering precipitation patterns. © 2014 American Physical Society. |
