The characteristic forms of the disjoining pressure and adsorption isotherms for a thin wetting film on a solid insoluble macroscopic nucleus of condensation were analyzed to obtain the conditions on the initial value of the spreading coefficient and the nuclear size allowing uniform covering the nuclear surface at condensation out of vapor.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNucleation Theory and Applications (Ed. J. W. P. Schmelzer, G. Röpke, V. B. Priezzhev)
PublisherОбъединенный институт ядерных исследований
Pages320-340
ISBN (Print)5-85165-539-9
StatePublished - 1999

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