The use of the frustrated total internal reflection method to visualize and investigate the process of water crystallization in a thin near-wall layer (of the order of hundreds of nanometers) is considered.
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This research was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Grant No. 12-08-31208).
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Translated from Metrologiya, No. 3, pp. 11–17, March, 2013.
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Pavlov, I.N., Rinkevichyus, B.S. & Tolkachev, A.V. Visualization of crystallization processes in the near-wall layer of a water drop. Meas Tech 56, 271–274 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11018-013-0193-2
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