On the thermodynamic stability of liquid capillary bridges

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 692-700

  Elliott, Janet A W ^a   Voitcu, Ovidiu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Capillary condensation; Liquid bridges; Nucleation; Thermodynamic stability

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; NUCLEATION; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

CAPILLARY CONDENSATION; LIQUID BRIDGES;

FLUID MECHANICS;

ADHESION; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; FLUID MECHANICS; NUCLEATION; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

EID: 36048998134     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450850516     Document Type: Article

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