Particle Sorting (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania

Particle Sorting

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In a computer simulation, the Penn team found that large particles rise to the top in a mixture. The size segregation took place in two stages, the first rapid, sorting the upper layers and the second slower, as large particles from the deep 'creeping' layer were swept upwards.

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University of Pennsylvania

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