Assertion: wetting agent | /r/CapableOf | increase the spreading
Facets:
value: by lowering its surface tension
type: MANNER
value: through previously water repellent surfaces
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: Wetting agents are chemical substances that increase the spreading and penetrating properties of a liquid by lowering its surface tension - that is, the tendency of its molecules to adhere to each other at the surface.
text: A wetting agent is a substance that lowers the surface tension of a liquid thus increasing its penetrating and spreading qualities through previously water repellent surfaces.
text: Wetting agents, or surfactants, are chemical substances that increase the spreading and penetrating properties of water by lowering its surface tension.
text: Wetting agents, or surfactants, are chemical substances that increase the spreading and penetrating properties of water by lowering its surface tension.
text: Wetting Agent is a chemical substance that increases the spreading and penetrating properties of a liquid by lowering its surface tension—that is, the tendency of its molecules to adhere to each.
text: Wetting agent is a substance that lowers the surface tension of a liquid thus increasing its penetrating and spreading qualities through previously water repellent surfaces.