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We analyze the possibilities of decreasing the errors of measuring the height of the pole of a sessile drop of melt above its equator by determining the position of the equator according to the midpoints of vertical chords of the image of the drop. The optimal distance between these chords and the edge of the image of the drop is chosen within 10–20% of the radius of the equator. The proposed method guarantees the same level of errors of evaluation of the height of the pole and the radius of the equator, which enables one to substantially increase the accuracy of evaluation of the capillary constant and the surface energy of the melt according to the geometric parameters of the sessile drop.
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Lychak, O.V., Nechyporuk, S.A. & Pidzharyi, V.M. Possibilities of Decreasing the Errors of Determination of the Height of the Pole of a Sessile Drop of Melt. Materials Science 36, 602–606 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011334726594
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011334726594