Flattening Coefficients for Oleic Acid Droplets on Treated Glass Slides

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FIG. 1 Slide impactor.

FIG. 2 Example of droplet images used for analysis (left) and droplet height profile (right). (Color figure available online.)

TABLE 1 Measured diameters and flattening coefficients of droplets (mean ±95% confidence interval) ^a

Nyebar treatment	Uranine conc. (%)	Spherical dia. ^b (μm)	Flattening coefficient
Type L	0	11.3 ± 0.05 c*	1.332 ± 0.007 e
	5	10.7 ± 0.30 a*	1.297 ± 0.030 e, f
	10	10.5 ± 0.14 a, b*	1.295 ± 0.009 d, e, f
	20	10.7 ± 0.30 b*	1.205 ± 0.021 b
Type Q	0	11.2 ± 0.05 c	1.353 ± 0.008 d
	5	10.0 ± 0.11 b	1.390 ± 0.042 c, d
	10	10.2 ± 0.45 b*	1.358 ± 0.054 c
	20	10.7 ± 0.15 b*	1.250 ± 0.007 a

FIG. 3 Flattening coefficients (with 95% confidence intervals) by surfactant and uranine concentration. (Color figure available online.)