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Powder mixtures partially filling horizontal, slowly rotating tubes segregate under certain conditions into bands of different composition along the tube axis. The one-dimensional patterns of bands evolve in time through coarsening. Recent work on the origin and dynamics of axial segregation of powder mixtures is reviewed.
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Stavans, J. Axial Segregation of Powders in a Horizontal Rotating Tube. Journal of Statistical Physics 93, 467–475 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JOSS.0000033159.91915.f7
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