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Effective medium in dispersed systems

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A structural analysis of effective medium formed by dispersed systems from the viewpoint of flux modification at large dispersions is presented. The effective medium coefficient is investigated for its parametric dependence and the effective properties are estimated through this dependence. This estimation covers all highly dispersed two-phase systems including the effect of container.

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Abbreviations

a :

flux modification factor

b :

effective medium coefficient

F :

structural function

n :

dispersion exponent

λ :

thermal conductivity

c :

continuous phase

d :

dispersed phase

s :

solid phase

A :

air phase

f :

fluid phase

ECM:

effective continuous medium

E :

effective value

ψ :

volume fraction

δψ :

small dispersion amount

ξ :

volume fraction which is higher than 0.5

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  1. Departimento di Energetica, Universita degli studi di Firenze Via Santa Marta 3, Firenze, Italy

    R N Pande, D R Chaudhary & F Gori

  2. Government College, 328 001, Dholpur, India

    R N Pande

  3. Department of Physics, University of Rajasthan, 302 004, Jaipur, India

    D R Chaudhary

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Pande, R.N., Chaudhary, D.R. & Gori, F. Effective medium in dispersed systems. Pramana - J Phys 29, 217–223 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02845729

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