Image:Contact angle.svg

[edit] Summary

A diagram that shows the contact angle and interphase-energy between 3 phases (gas,liquid,solid)

[edit] Terminology

This image uses the following shorthand terminology for the interfacial energy at the following interfaces:

• Solid-Liquid: γ_SL

• Liquid-Gas: γ_LG (= surface tension, sometimes referred to simply using γ, such as in the Wikipedia article on Contact Angle or γ_LV for "liquid-vapour")

• Solid-Gas: γ_SG (sometimes referred to using γ_SV for "solid-vapour", such as in the Wikipedia article on Contact Angle)

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