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In solids and liquids the molecules are very close together; the bulk material shows short range order. However, at the surface of the solid or liquid the order ends rather abruptly. The surface can be considered as a two-dimensional defect in the molecular arrangement in the sense that the environment of a molecule in the surface region is markedly different from that of a molecule in the bulk.
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© 1985 M. T. Sprackling
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Sprackling, M.T. (1985). Surface effects. In: Liquids and Solids. Student Physics Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6093-3_7
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