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Surface science

the difference between the work of adhesion and the work of cohesion, which predicts whether a liquid will spread over another liquid or a solid.

In surface science, spreading coefficient refers to the difference between the work of adhesion and the work of cohesion, which predicts whether a liquid will spread over another liquid or a solid. This meaning comes from Harkins (1922) in Journal of the American Chemical Society.[1]

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adhesion4 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs cohesion4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs spread5 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, five constructs

References

Harkins, W. D., & Feldman, A. (1922). Films. the Spreading of Liquids and the Spreading Coefficient. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 44(12), 2665-2685. https://doi.org/10.1021/ja01433a001

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