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Wetting of Solids

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Handbook of Adhesion Technology

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The contact between a solid and a liquid involves the phenomenon of wetting. This is the intuitive, intimate contact between the two phases. We consider here thermodynamic aspects of wetting, which involves three phases in fact, since the environment must be taken into account. Methods for determining wetting characteristics are discussed.

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  1. Institut de Mécanique et d’Ingénierie-Bordeaux (I2M), Université de Bordeaux, 351 cours de la Libération, 33400, Talence, France

    Dr. Martin E. R. Shanahan

  2. Chair for Adhesion and Interphases in Polymers, Saarland University, Campus C6.3, D-66123, Saarbrücken, Germany

    Prof. Dr. Wulff Possart

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Correspondence to Martin E. R. Shanahan .

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering (DEMec), Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465, Porto, Portugal

    Lucas F. M. da Silva

  2. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia

    Andreas Öchsner

  3. Emeritus Professor of Applied Mechanics, University of Bristol Queen's Building University Walk, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 1TR, UK

    Robert D. Adams

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Shanahan, M.E.R., Possart, W. (2011). Wetting of Solids. In: da Silva, L.F.M., Öchsner, A., Adams, R.D. (eds) Handbook of Adhesion Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01169-6_4

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