The spreading of the three-phase contact (TPC) line after rupture of the thin film between a large air bubble and a flat solid surface was experimentally studied by means of a CCD high-speed video technique. The present study shows that the TPC line profile is noncircular for a deformed bubble. © 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Manas Mukherjee

Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Lahiri A.K.

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Journal	Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
Open Access	No