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From: Surface plastic flow in polishing of rough surfaces

Figure 2

Surface smoothening during later stages of polishing by bridging between neighboring asperities: (a) SEM image showing the interconnection of flat (“smooth”) regions surrounded by unfilled depressions; (b) a high-magnification image of the bridge (see at arrow) that has formed between neighboring asperities.

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