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Capillary Surfaces

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The advantages of performing experiments under conditions of weightlessness are discussed in this chapter; the inherent handicaps are not ignored. In any experimental study or procedure in materials science or in the life sciences which may gain from performance under microgravity conditions, at least one fluid phase is involved. A fluid means a liquid or a gas. The most obvious effects of microgravity are the constancy of fluid-static pressure, the absence of free convection and the absence of sedimentation.

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Langbein, D. (2002). Introduction. In: Langbein, D. (eds) Capillary Surfaces. Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, vol 178. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45267-2_1

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