Contact angle hysteresis on smooth and homogenous surfaces in gravitational fields

Microgravity Science and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 231-235

  Rahimi, P ^a   Ward, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CAPILLARY TUBES; CONTACT ANGLE; GRAVITATION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PRESSURE EFFECTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPACE SHUTTLES; SURFACE TREATMENT; VAPOR PRESSURE; GLASS; HYSTERESIS; WATER;

CONTACT ANGLE HYSTERESIS; SURFACE HETEROGENEITIES; THREE-PHASE LINES; WATER-GLASS SYSTEM; EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; THREE-PHASE LINE; VAPOUR-PHASE PRESSURE;

HYSTERESIS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS;

EID: 24644524550     PISSN: 09380108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02945982     Document Type: Conference Paper

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