Abstract
Abstract : Earlier systematic studies of the angle of contact (theta) exhibited by drops of liquid on plane solid surfaces of low surface energy have made data available on equilibrium contact angles. These data were obtained under well- controlled and comparable experimental conditions for many liquids on over 100 different solid surfaces. Examination of the data for eight, selected, pure liquids (water, formamide, methylene iodide, hexachloropropylene, t- butylnaphthalene, dicyclohexyl, n-hexadecane, and n-decane) reveals a wide variation in the wetting behavior of any single liquid toward different solid surfaces. For each liquid, however, graphical plots of cosine theta versus the difference in the surface tension of the pure liquid and the critical surface tension of spreading of the solid are found to group available data into a zone bounded by a straight line passing through the origin. From the parameters defining this straight line, estimates can be made of the limiting contact angles for each liquid.
Keywords
Contact angleWettingSurface tensionSurface energyHexadecaneDecaneSolid surfaceLine (geometry)Materials scienceFormamideChemistryThermodynamicsComposite materialGeometryChemical physicsPhysicsOrganic chemistryMathematics
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Elaine G. Shafrin,
W. A. Zisman
(1963).
UPPER LIMITS FOR THE CONTACT ANGLES OF LIQUIDS ON SOLIDS.
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https://doi.org/10.21236/ad0421998
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