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Lab study 1955

The Rate of Evaporation of Water through Fatty Acid Monolayers

Robert J. Archer, Victor K. La Mer · The Journal of Physical Chemistry (1955)

Key finding (our summary)

Measures how fatty-acid monolayers slow the evaporation of water under controlled conditions, quantifying the resistance a single molecular layer adds.

An early quantitative study linking film chemistry to evaporation resistance.

This is a neutral paraphrase for indexing and discovery. For the full abstract, figures and methodology, read the original at the source link.

Sources

  1. The Journal of Physical Chemistry — The Rate of Evaporation of Water through Fatty Acid Monolayers