Light Diffraction and Attenuation in Magnetic Emulsions with Low Interfacial Tension

Abstract

The work is devoted to studying the phenomena of light diffraction and attenuation in magnetic emulsions with low interfacial tension based on AMG-10 hydraulic oil under the action of magnetic and hydrodynamic fields. An interpretation of the phenomena has been proposed on the basis of the anomalous diffraction approximation, which is known in the optics of disperse systems. Rotation of the diffraction pattern of a rotating emulsion has been analyzed taking into account the features of the rotational mobility of liquid microdroplets. Calculations performed in terms of this model have yielded a nonlinear dependence of the rotation angle of the diffraction pattern on the emulsion rotation rate, with this dependence being consistent with experimental data.