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Adhesion Force Between High Energy Surfaces in Vapor Atmosphere

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Jerome Crassous
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46 Allée d'Italie, Lyon, France.
Jean-Luc Loubet
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Tribologie et Dynamique des Systèmes, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, 38 avenue Guy de Collongue, Ecully, France.
Elisabeth Charlaix
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Physique, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46 Allée d'Italie, Lyon, France.
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Abstract

We report experimental measurements of the adhesion force between metallic substrates in undersaturated heptane vapor atmosphere, with a surface force apparatus. The attractive force between the substrates is strongly dependant of the condensation of a liquid bridge connecting the surfaces. The results show the importance of wetting phenomena for the maximum attractive force: we find that this maximum attraction varies as the power two-third of the curvature of the meniscus connecting the surfaces, in good agreement with the theory of Van der Waals wetting.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1995

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