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4. On the Equilibrium of Vapour at a Curved Surface of Liquid
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In a closed vessel containing only a liquid and its vapour, all at one temperature, the liquid rests, with its free surface raised or depressed in capillary tubes and in the neighbourhood of the solid boundary, in permanent equilibrium according to the same law of relation between curvature and pressure as in vessels open to the air. The permanence of this equilibrium implies physical equilibrium between the liquid and the vapour in contact with it at all parts of its surface. But the pressure of the vapour at different levels differs according to hydrostatic law. Hence the pressure of saturated vapour in contact with a liquid differs according to the curvature of the bounding surface, being less when the liquid is concave, and greater when it is convex.
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- Authors
- Thomson, W.
- Venue
- Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 1872
- Volume
- 7
- Pages
- 63-68
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- 0370-1646 (ISSN-L)
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- W2470867721
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- Language
- en
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