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Conditions leading to thinning of a plane liquid film in the case where the van der Waals forces drawing together the opposite surfaces of the film greatly exceed the capillary pressure forces are discussed. Estimates of the lifetime of a thin film are obtained.
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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 3, pp. 149–152, May–June, 1974.
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Buevich, Y.A., Lipkina, É.K. Draining of thin films due to molecular attraction forces. Fluid Dyn 9, 457–460 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01025532
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01025532