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The previous chapters have made references to surface data without going into any detail on the techniques used to measure surfaces, their advantages and the nature of the data captured. There are a wide variety of data capture techniques each with its advantages and limitations — these will be considered in this chapter.

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Blunt, L., Rosén, BG. (2001). Topography instrumentation. In: Mainsah, E., Greenwood, J.A., Chetwynd, D.G. (eds) Metrology and Properties of Engineering Surfaces. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3369-3_3

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