Abstract

Experiments on a nonstationary separation of nanometer-sized Mn0.5Zn0.5Fe2O particles of hydrocarbon-based ferrocolloids in a flat vertical thermal diffusion column are performed. By using a modified separation theory which accounts for a one-dimensional mixed (thermal and concentration) convection in the column, the Soret coefficient of lyophilized nanoparticles from the separation curves are calculated. It is shown that in a zero magnetic field particles are transferring toward decreasing temperatures. The thermal diffusion ratio αT reaches a value αT≈+20. A significant influence of a uniform magnetic field B on particle separation is observed. If B is oriented along the temperature gradient ∇T, a strong decrease in thermal diffusion coefficient takes place whereas the transversal field B⊥∇T causes an intensification of particle thermophoretic transfer. Both effects qualitatively well agree with theoretical predictions based on a hydrodynamic theory of particle thermomagnetophoretic motion.

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