interfacial tension

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noun

Physical Chemistry.

1. the surface tension at the interface of two liquids.

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Example Sentences

Their adsorption on the hydrophilic surface reduces the solid–gas interfacial tension and thereby increases the contact angle.

From Nature

The problem is to make the sum of the interfacial tensions a minimum, each tension being proportional to the square of the difference of densities of the two contiguous liquids in question.

From Project Gutenberg

At equilibrium, the contact angle adjusts itself in such a way that the difference between the solid–liquid and solid–gas interfacial tensions is balanced by the horizontal component of the liquid–gas interfacial tension.

From Nature

The difference between these tensions is balanced by the horizontal component of the liquid–gas interfacial tension.

From Nature

The solid–liquid interfacial tension is smaller than the solid–gas interfacial tension and the contact angle is small.

From Nature