Preferred Label : wetting tension;
Detailed label : wetting tension (or work of immersional wetting per unit area);
IUPAC definition : The work done on a system when the process of immersional wetting involving unit area
of phase β is carried out reversibly: \[w_{{W}} {α β δ } γ {β δ }- γ {α β }\] where
γ α β and γ β δ are the surface tensions between two bulk phases α, β and β, δ, respectively.;
Origin ID : W06674;
See also
The work done on a system when the process of immersional wetting involving unit area
of phase β is carried out reversibly: \[w_{{W}} {α β δ } γ {β δ }- γ {α β }\] where
γ α β and γ β δ are the surface tensions between two bulk phases α, β and β, δ, respectively.
