The contact angle in capillarity

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Finn, Robert ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PHASE INTERFACES;

PHYSICAL CONSTANT; SOLID/LIQUID/GAS INTERFACE;

CONTACT ANGLE;

CAPILLARITY; CONTACT ANGLE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PHASE INTERFACES;

EID: 33745586322     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2185655     Document Type: Article

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