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Analysis of the shape of the lateral surface of whiskers and the vapor-liquid-solid three-phase line of contact along the wetting perimeter of a metal solvent droplet indicates that the contribution of the free energy related to the line tension on the three-phase line of contact to the thermodynamic equilibrium conditions of the metal solvent droplet in whisker growth leads to a substantial increase in the energy barrier for droplet formation because of the action of the line tension. The shape of the three-phase line of contact suggests that the droplet is in a liquid-solid state of aggregation.
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Original Russian Text © V.A. Nebol’sin, D.B. Suyatin, A.I. Dunaev, S.S. Shmakova, M.A. Zavalishin, E.V. Ivannikova, 2015, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2015, Vol. 51, No. 3, pp. 237–242.
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Nebol’sin, V.A., Suyatin, D.B., Dunaev, A.I. et al. Contribution of the free energy of the three-phase line of contact to the thermodynamic equilibrium conditions of a metal solvent droplet in Si and Ge whisker growth. Inorg Mater 51, 191–196 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168515030127
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