In this paper, an inexpensive, easy-to-fabricate active magnetic mixer is presented. This mixer functions on top of a common magnetic stir plate and is capable of mixing two streams, each at flow rates up to 5 ml min(-1). A liquid-phase photopolymerization technique is used to fabricate the device. An analysis of mixing efficiency is based on greyscale intensity measurements of two coloured streams passing through the mixer. A brief hypothesis of the mechanism of mixing is also presented.
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Zoology and Ryan Institute, School of Natural Sciences, University of Galway, Galway H91 TK33, Ireland. Electronic address:
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Department of Applied Physics, Hebei University of Technology, Tianjin 300401, PR China.
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