Laser separation of stratifying solutions
Viznyuk S. A. , Pashinin P. P. , Prokhorov A. M. , Rastopov S. F. , Semin V. N. , Sukhodol'skii A. T.
An optothermal separation of binary solutions with a lower critical stratification temperature has been observed in a laser beam. The effect is interpreted on the basis of a drift of particles of a disperse phase caused by gradients in the surface tension at the interfaces.