Langmuir films of normal-alkanes on the surface of liquid mercury
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The coverage dependent phase behavior of molecular films of n-alkanes (CH3CHn22CH3 , denote Cn) on mercury was studied for lengths 1026), or a sequence of single, double, and triple layers (22<n<24). The thermodynamical and structural properties of these layers, as determined from the measurements, are discussed. © 2003 American Institute of Physics. @DOI: 10.1063/1.1618211#
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