Shape fixing schematic diagram

Fig.l also shows the schematic diagram of the instrument to measure the curvature of a substrate during thermal spray[5]. A strip-shaped substrate is fixed onto a pair of knife edges by a pair of springs and the displacement at the center of the rear surface is measured by a displacement sensor. A thermocouple is spot welded to record the thermal history. 

Fig. 18.5 Schematic diagram of the wire bow y(x) and the crystai surface Yo x) along the cutting zone from x = -a to a. The position of the wire is fixed at the ends at x = d by the spoois. it is assumed that the crystai surface has a circuiar shape, whereas the wire shape is determined by the pressure in the siurry fiim in the space between.

The fluorescence and isotherm measurements are consistent with the generalized phase diagram for fatty acids shown schematically in Fig. 12. Presumably the G-LE coexistence region ends in a critical point but none of the measurements that have been carried out can fix and define the asymptotic shape of the coexistence curve with any precision. The measurements show a clear narrowing of the range of LE-LC coexistence, which suggests that this may end at some sort of critical point as well, but here again experiments do not yet provide much direct information. 

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