Presidential Young Investigator Award: Double-Diffusive andBuoyancy/Surface Tension Natural Convection

这是一个将在封闭空间中对层状盐系中的双扩散自然对流进行实验研究的项目。将确定盐分转移和通过分隔各层的界面的热转移。温度将通过封装的液晶来测量。可能的应用是二元晶体生长，如砷化镓，以及用于制造聚酯的冷冻结晶。

This is a project in which experimental studies will be performed of double diffusive natural convection in layered salt systems contained in an enclosure. Both the salt transfer and the heat transfer through the interface which separates the layers will be determined. The temperature will be measured by encapsulated liquid crystals. Possible applications are to binary crystal growth such as gallium arsenide and to freeze crystallization used in the making of polyesters.