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Corona-induced electrohydrodynamic instabilities in low conducting liquids

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The rose-window electrohydrodynamic (EHD) instability has been observed when a perpendicular field with an additional unipolar ion injection is applied onto a low conducting liquid surface. This instability has a characteristic pattern with cells five to 10 times greater than those observed in volume instabilities caused by unipolar injection. We have used corona discharge from a metallic point to perform some measurements of the rose-window instability in low conducting liquids. The results are compared to the linear theoretical criterion for an ohmic liquid. They confirmed that the minimum voltage for this instability is much lower than that for the interfacial instability in high conducting liquids. This was predicted theoretically in the dependence of the critical voltage as a function of the non-dimensional conductivity. It is shown that in a non-ohmic liquid the rose window appears as a secondary instability after the volume instability.

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The authors wish to thank Professor Francisco Pontiga for fruitful discussions and "Taller de la Facultad de Física" of the University of Seville for technical assistance. This work has been carried out with financial support from the Spanish Government (Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnologïa, MCYT) under research project BFM2000-1056.

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Vega, F., Pérez, A.T. Corona-induced electrohydrodynamic instabilities in low conducting liquids. Exp Fluids 34, 726–735 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-003-0616-y

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