Table 2 Experimental conditions for the study of different particle flows.

From: Enhancing particle focusing: a comparative experimental study of modified square wave and square wave microchannels in lift and Dean vortex regimes

Flow rate \(\left[\frac{\upmu\text{L}}{\text{min}}\right]\)

Mean velocity \(\left[\frac{\text{m}}{\textrm{s}}\right]\)

Channel’s Re number \(\left(R{e}_{c}\right)\)

Dean number \(\left(De\right)\)

Particle’s Re number \((R{e}_{p})\)

\({a}_{p}=1\) μm

\({a}_{p}=2.45\) μm

\({a}_{p}=4.16\) μm

\({a}_{p}=5.9\) μm

\({a}_{p}=8\) μm

\({a}_{p}=12\) μm

\(50\)

\(0.0868\)

\(6.7188\)

\(4.2118\)

\(0.0011\)

\(0.0067\)

\(0.0194\)

\(0.0390\)

\(0.0718\)

\(0.1615\)

\(100\)

\(0.1736\)

\(13.4375\)

\(8.4235\)

\(0.0022\)

\(0.0135\)

\(0.0388\)

\(0.0781\)

\(0.1436\)

\(0.3230\)

\(150\)

\(0.2604\)

\(20.1563\)

\(12.6353\)

\(0.0034\)

\(0.0202\)

\(0.0582\)

\(0.1171\)

\(0.2153\)

\(0.4845\)

\(200\)

\(0.3472\)

\(26.8750\)

\(16.8470\)

\(0.0045\)

\(0.0269\)

\(0.0776\)

\(0.1562\)

\(0.2871\)

\(0.6460\)

\(250\)

\(0.4340\)

\(33.5938\)

\(21.0588\)

\(0.0056\)

\(0.0337\)

\(0.0970\)

\(0.1952\)

\(0.3589\)

\(0.8075\)

\(300\)

\(0.5208\)

\(40.3125\)

\(25.2705\)

\(0.0067\)

\(0.0404\)

\(0.1165\)

\(0.2342\)

\(0.4307\)

\(0.9690\)

\(350\)

\(0.6076\)

\(47.0313\)

\(29.4823\)

\(0.0079\)

\(0.0471\)

\(0.1359\)

\(0.2733\)

\(0.5024\)

\(1.1305\)

\(400\)

\(0.6944\)

\(53.7500\)

\(33.6940\)

\(0.0090\)

\(0.0539\)

\(0.1553\)

\(0.3123\)

\(0.5742\)

\(1.2920\)

\(450\)

\(0.7813\)

\(60.4688\)

\(37.9058\)

\(0.0101\)

\(0.0606\)

\(0.1747\)

\(0.3514\)

\(0.6460\)

\(1.4535\)

\(500\)

\(0.8681\)

\(67.1875\)

\(42.1175\)

\(0.0112\)

\(0.0673\)

\(0.1941\)

\(0.3904\)

\(0.7178\)

\(1.6150\)

\(550\)

\(0.9549\)

\(73.9063\)

\(46.3293\)

\(0.0123\)

\(0.0741\)

\(0.2135\)

\(0.4294\)

\(0.7895\)

\(1.7765\)

\(600\)

\(1.0417\)

\(80.6250\)

\(50.5410\)

\(0.0135\)

\(0.0808\)

\(0.2329\)

\(0.4685\)

\(0.8613\)

\(1.9380\)

\(650\)

\(1.1285\)

\(87.3438\)

\(54.7528\)

\(0.0146\)

\(0.0875\)

\(0.2523\)

\(0.5075\)

\(0.9331\)

\(2.0995\)

\(700\)

\(1.2153\)

\(94.0625\)

\(58.9646\)

\(0.0157\)

\(0.0942\)

\(0.2717\)

\(0.5466\)

\(1.0049\)

\(2.2610\)

\(750\)

\(1.3021\)

\(100.7813\)

\(63.1763\)

\(0.0168\)

\(0.1010\)

\(0.2911\)

\(0.5856\)

\(1.0767\)

\(2.4225\)

\(800\)

\(1.3889\)

\(107.5000\)

\(67.3881\)

\(0.0179\)

\(0.1077\)

\(0.3105\)

\(0.6246\)

\(1.1484\)

\(2.5840\)