Surface Wetting Characterization, Contact Angle, and Fundamentals /

This book describes key basic concepts in surface and clarifies fundamental issues that lead to misconceptions in wetting and contact angle interpretation. A set of contact angle measurement protocols is summarized and may be served as guidelines for future standardization in this field. The authors...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Law, Kock-Yee (Author), Zhao, Hong (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: e-Book
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Subjects:
Surfaces (Technology).
Thin films.
Fluid mechanics.
Continuum mechanics.
Surfaces (Physics).
Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Film.
Engineering Fluid Dynamics.
Continuum Mechanics.
Surface and Interface and Thin Film.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1.Background
  • 2.Contact Angle Measurements and Surface Characterization Techniques
  • 3.Wetting on Flat and Smooth Surfaces
  • 4.Wetting on Rough Surfaces
  • 5.What Do Contact Angles Measure?
  • 6.Terminologies and Definitions
  • 7 Determination of Solid Surface Tension by Contact Angle
  • 8 Summary and Final Remarks.

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