The effect of substrate geometry on dynamic contact angles in surface wetting

Chemical Engineering Communications

Volumn 158, Issue , 1997, Pages 43-57

  Ghannam, Mamdouh T ^a   Esmail, M Nabil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air entrainment; Contact angles; Surface wetting

Indexed keywords

AIR ENTRAINMENT; ANGLE MEASUREMENT; CONTACT ANGLE; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; PHASE INTERFACES; ROLLS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); SUBSTRATES; SURFACE STRUCTURE; SURFACE TENSION;

CONTACT LINE; CRITICAL SPEED; FREE SURFACE; SUBSTRATE GEOMETRY;

WETTING;

EID: 0030646289     PISSN: 00986445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00986449708936581     Document Type: Article

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