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Equilibrium conditions of a single-component two-phase-system having a plane or a concave interface interacting with a solid wall are the major focus of the paper. The concave interface is termed “closed”, if it forms a vapour bubble, and “opened”, in the case of a common liquid meniscus. The equations derived describe the equilibrium temperature in dependence of the wall distance and the interfacial curvature. They show that an attraction between the vapour-liquid interface and the wall rises the equilibrium temperature. At comparable conditions, the equilibrium temperature is higher for the closed than for the opened interface.
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Mitrovic, J. Influence of wall proximity on the equilibrium temperature of curved interfaces. Heat and Mass Transfer 34, 151–158 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002310050243
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