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Figure 5.11
Asymmetry index vs. time for a range of cells of varying radii
10-100
μ
m.
Time(s)
Figure 5.12
Asymmetryindexvs.timeforacellofradius50
μ
matdiffering
exposure levels.
Two runs were now made to simulate the experiments of White
et al. (1990). Two cell sizes were chosen, 20
μ
mand50
μ
m, while
exposurewaskeptat20Vm
−
1
.Thediffusionconstantwasasusedin
thepreviousrun,beingsetat4.1
×
10
−
12
m
−
1
s
−
1
. The results show
that for the larger cell, equilibrium is reached after about 3 hours,
while the smaller cell has not quite reached dynamic equilibrium
after 11 hours (Fig. 5.13).
