Determination of line tension in liquid lens systems from contact angle measurement.
Published: 2006
Language: eng
Number of pages: 129
ISBN-13: 9780494161685
Description: Line tension is an important parameter for the interpretation of the contact angles of small drops and may play a key role in various applications. Although line tension is a well-defined thermodynamic quantity, controversy regarding both the order of magnitude and the sign of this quantity persists. Line tension is highly sensitive to the measured value of contact angle. Hence a sophisticated technique was developed for high accuracy measurement of contact angles to determine line tension in liquid lens systems. The experimental results using a lens of dodecane at an air-water interface suggests a value of -10-6 J/m for the line tension.
Notes: Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 44-06, page: 2982.

Thesis (M.A.Sc.)--University of Toronto, 2006.

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