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In Sect. 2.4.3 a simple approximation (F c = 4πγR) was introduced to calculate the capillary force between the ball and the flat sample. Throughout the book cases were shown where this equation did not hold. This appendix, therefore, presents a detailed derivation of this equation and shows where simplifications are introduced.
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Scherge, M., Gorb, S.S. (2001). Capillary Theory. In: Biological Micro- and Nanotribology. NanoScience and Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04431-5_14
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