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WETTING ANGLE [1 record]

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Record 1 1998-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
DEF

Angle formé par une surface et la tangente d'une goutte sessible [...] au point de contact de la goutte et de la surface.

OBS

Cet angle indique le degré de mouillabilité de la surface; plus le matériau est mouillable ou hydrophile, plus l'angle est petit et atteint 0 pour un matériau totalement hydrophile [...]

OBS

Source MVISI-F : Le nouveau dictionnaire de la vision par Michel Millodot, Médiacom Vision Éditeur, 1997.

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