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Science 26 July 1968:
Vol. 161. no. 3839, pp. 373 - 375
DOI: 10.1126/science.161.3839.373
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Rupture Mechanism of a Liquid Film

Israel Liebman 1, John Corry 1, and Henry E. Perlee 1

1 Bureau of Mines, U.S. Department of the Interior, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The rupture mechanism of edge-supported liquid films appears to involve the viscous and drag energies as well as previously postulated kinetic and surface energies. Although details are obscure, the mechanism appears to involve a liquid-gathering process at the free edge, followed by fragmentation of this thickened edge into drops whose radii are approximately 50 times the film's original thickness.

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