Two glass discs of radius R = 5.0 cm were wetted with water and put together so

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Two glass discs of radius R = 5.0 cm were wetted with water and put together so that the thickness of the water layer between them was h = 1.9 μm. Assuming the wetting to be complete, find the force that has to he applied at right angles to the plates in order to pull them apart.
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Vector Mechanics for Engineers Statics and Dynamics

ISBN: 978-0073212227

8th Edition

Authors: Ferdinand Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr., Elliot Eisenberg, William Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip Cornwell

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