THE UNIFORM MAGNETIC FIELD INFLUENCE ON THE MAGNETIC FLUID MENISCUS MOTION IN THE CYLINDRICAL CAPILLARY

An improvement of liophobic capillary-porous systems using magnetic fluids is proposed. The cycle of non-wetting liquid penetration and displacement is realized experimentally in the presence of the uniform magnetic field. Experimental investigations of the effect of the external uniform magnetic field on dynamics of capillary penetration of the Newtonian magnetic fluid into cylindrical capillaries at zero gravity and under gravity are presented. It is found that the pressure difference in the magnetic fluid between a meniscus and a free surface in a vessel increases in the field longitudinal to the capillary and decreases in the transverse one. In the longitudinal field, the velocity of penetration increases at zero gravity and does not vary under gravity. The transverse field slows down the process.