Abstract
The variation of the contact angle at the solid-liquid-vapor phase interface during the quasistatic growth of a bubble in the boiling of water is studied experimentally.
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 566–570, April, 1986.
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Chigarev, N.B., Chigareva, T.S. Variation of the contact angle in the quasistatic growth of a vapor bubble on a horizontal surface in a boiling liquid. Journal of Engineering Physics 50, 398–401 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00871060
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