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Contact Angles: Arvind Tomar Sr-08471
Contact Angles: Arvind Tomar Sr-08471
ARVIND TOMAR
Sr-08471
Contact angle
SURFACE TENSION
SURFACE ROUGHNESS
TEMERATURE OF LIQUID
SURFACE TENSION
YOUNG-LAPLACE EQUATION
P=[1/Rx +1/Ry]
SURFACE ENERGY
NON-WETTING FABRIC
INTERACTION FORCES
BETWEEN LIQUID MOLECULES
CONTACT ANGLE
(IN DEGREES)
DEGREE OF
WETTING
SOLID-LIQUID
INTERACTION
LIQUID-LIQUID
INTERACTION
=0
PERFECT
WETTING
VERY STRONG
VERY WEAK
0<<90
HIGH WETTING
STRONG
STRONG
WEAK
WEAK
90<180
LOW WETTING
WEAK
STRONG
=180
PERFECTLY NONWETTING
VERY WEAK
VERY STRONG
SURFACE ROUGHNESS
TEMPERATURE
BALANCE OF FORCES
YOUNG'S EQUATION
sl +lg*cosc =sg
Young-dupre equation
(1+cosc)= Wsl
Here,
A= advancing angle
R= receding angle
ADVANCING ANGLE:- largest contact angle
possible without increasing solid-liquid
interfacial area by adding volume dynamically
RECEDING ANGLE:- if in above case you start
removing volume then smaalest possible angle
is called receding angle
Hysteresis angle
H=a-r
Hysteresis angle for an ideal solid surface is
zero i.e. a=r
With increasing roughness H increases
With increasing roughness a increases and
r decreases
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