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If two liquid phases are present in a closed cylinder, one above a vapor phase and one below, the upper contact angle is smaller than the lower contact angle when the system reaches thermodynamic equilibrium. This surprising theoretical prediction is supported by recent experimental studies.
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Ward et al. (2000) studied this question.
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