CAPILLARY CONDENSATION DUE TO VAN-DER-WAALS ATTRACTION IN WET SLITS

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CHRISTENSON, HK
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[1] Department of Applied Mathematics, Research School of Physical Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.1821
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Wetting films (of thickness t less than or equal to 14 nm) of t-butanol in slits of mica have been studied as a function of the slit width H. A capillary condensation transition occurs when H approximate to 3t for t > 5 nm. This is consistent with a mechanism of film thickening and coalescence due to van der Waals forces across the slit. van der Waals thickening cannot account for the transition with thinner (t < 5 nm) adsorbed films, as found previously with nonwetting liquids.
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