The phrase "affects the thickness of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing how one variable or factor influences the thickness of another material or object.
Example: "The temperature of the environment affects the thickness of the ice on the lake."
Alternatives: "influences the thickness of" or "modifies the thickness of".
Strength of subgrade affects the thickness of pavement layers placed over it.
The change in grid requirement is due to the presence or absence of fuel blowing which affects the thickness of the wall viscous sub-layer.
Complementary quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) and surface current measurements reveal how the modified surface chemistry affects the thickness of the adsorbed water layer and the surface conductivity, respectively.
However, it becomes the recombination center of electron hole pairs when cerium ion-doped concentration increases further, because doping concentration also affects the thickness of the space charge layer (W).
To our knowledge, this is the first in vivo evidence that amongst cognitively normal individuals tau pathology selectively affects the thickness of the entorhinal cortex.
Remarkably, cholesterol further affects the thickness of the lipid bilayer which directly influences the γ-secretase cleavage activity and specificity.
To identify the potential factors affect that affect the thickness of corneal flaps created using 2 different microkeratome heads.
The polymer type, applied voltage and scaffold fabrication technique were critical factors affecting the thickness of nanofibrous scaffolds.
The proposed method also showed that moisture content and pyrolysis reactivity significantly affect the thickness of devolatilizing fuel.
The large deformation of the crankshaft would affect the thickness of the oil film, wear the bearings down or even induce the rotor-to-stator rubs.
When the Ag content is increased, as in case of Sn-3Ag and Sn-3.5Ag alloys; the shielding effect of Ag3Sn nanoparticles is the determinant factor for affecting the thickness of Cu6Sn5 IMC.
