Computer Simulation Study of Conductivity in a 2-Dimensional Binary Fluid Mixture

Authors

Ras B. Pandey, University of Southern MississippiFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-15-1990

Department

Physics and Astronomy

School

Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Abstract

A computer-simulation model is introduced to study the transport properties of a binary fluid mixture in which the constituents of one fluid (the tracer particles) carry charges in a linear charge-density gradient in the background charge of the second fluid. In the steady-state equilibrium, an effective conductivity σ_c(p,r) is estimated as a function of the carrier concentration p and the range of interactions r. The conductivity is observed to vary nonmonotonically with the concentration p, and it exhibits a maximum at a characteristic value p_c. The conductivity decreases when the range of interaction is increased until a characteristic value r_c, beyond which (r > r_c) it begins to saturate as the onset of screening spans with r-r_c.

Comments

©Physical Review A

Publisher Version

Publication Title

Physical Review A

Volume

42

Issue

6

First Page

3363

Last Page

3367

Recommended Citation

Pandey, R. B. (1990). Computer Simulation Study of Conductivity in a 2-Dimensional Binary Fluid Mixture. Physical Review A, 42(6), 3363-3367.
Available at: https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/7465