A Thermodynamic Model for Contact Angle
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C.W. Extrand
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Article
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1998
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Elsevier Science
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English
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Thermodynamic expressions for the free energy of contact angle hysteresis have been derived assuming that wetting can be modeled as an adsorption-desorption process. The cause of hysteresis is not specified; it could be due to surface imperfections or simply irreversible interaction of the contact l