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PHYSICAL REVIEW E
Volume 69, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.69.016301
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We describe the first steps of spreading of a liquid droplet brought in contact with a solid that it wets completely. Usually, it is assumed that the dynamics of the droplet results from a balance between the spreading forces and viscosity. But before this classical stage, inertia resists to the motion, which leads to a very different dynamic law. We study experimentally the nature of this law, compare our results with recent theoretical predictions, and determine the duration of this inertial regime.
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