Wetting and Wettability

Mahmood Aliofkhazraei

• Publisher: IntechOpen
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN: 9789535122159
• eBook ISBN: 9789535166474
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Fluid Mechanics

On the liquid 's surface, the molecules have fewer neighbors in comparison with the bulk volume. As a result, the energy interaction shows itself in the surface tension. Traditionally, the surface tension can be assumed as a force in the unit of the length which can be counted by the unit of Newton on squared meter, or energy on the units of the surface. The surface tension, implies the interface between liquid and vapor, which is an example of the surface tensions. The equilibrium between these surface tensions, decides that a droplet on a solid surface, would have a droplet form or will change to layer form. This book collects new developments in wetting and wettability science.

Table of contents

• Wetting and Wettability
• Contents
• Preface
• Chapter 1 Water Vapor Adsorption and Soil Wetting
• Chapter 2 Wetting Properties at Nanometer Scale
• Chapter 3 TiO2 -Based Surfaces with Special Wettability – From Nature to Biomimetic Application
• Chapter 4 Increased Wettability and Surface Free Energy of Polyurethane by Ultraviolet Ozone Treatment
• Chapter 5 Wetting and Navier-Stokes Equation — The Manufacture of Composite Materials
• Chapter 6 Modification of Surface Energy and Wetting of Textile Fibers
• Chapter 7 Surface Energy and Wetting in Island Films
• Chapter 8 Wettability of Nanostructured Surfaces
• Chapter 9 Wetting Behavior of Dental Implants
• Chapter 10 Influence of Wettability and Reactivity on Refractory Degradation – Interactions of Molten Iron and Slags with Steelmaking Refractories at 1550°C
• Chapter 11 The Wetting of Leaf Surfaces and Its Ecological Significances
• Chapter 12 Wettability and Other Surface Properties of Modified Polymers
• Chapter 13 Wettability of Carbonaceous Materials with Molten Iron at 1550°C