Measurement of surface tension by sessile drop tensiometer with superoleophobic surface
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- Title
- Measurement of surface tension by sessile drop tensiometer with superoleophobic surface
- Authors
- Kwak, Wonshik; Park, Junkwon; Yoon, Jinsung; Lee, Sanghyun; Hwang, Woonbong
- Date Issued
- 2018-03
- Publisher
- AMER INST PHYSICS
- Abstract
- A sessile drop tensiometer provides a simple and efficient method of determining the surface tension of various liquids. The technique involves obtaining the shape of an axisymmetric liquid droplet and iterative fitting of the Young-Laplace equation, which balances the gravitational deformation of the drop. Since the advent of high quality digital cameras and desktop computers, this process has been automated with precision. However, despite its appealing simplicity, there are complications and limitations in a sessile drop tensiometer, i.e., it must dispense spherical droplets with low surface tension. We propose a method of measuring surface tension using a sessile drop tensiometer with a superoleophobic surface fabricated by acidic etching and anodization for liquids with low surface tension and investigate the accuracy of the measurement by changing the wettability of the measuring plate surface. Published by AIP Publishing.
- Keywords
- Drop breakup; Iterative methods; Liquids; Personal computers; Acidic etchings; Anodizations; Iterative fitting; Liquid droplets; Plate surfaces; Sessile drops; Spherical droplets; Young Laplace equation; Surface tension
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/94303
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.5011439
- ISSN
- 0003-6951
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, vol. 112, no. 12, 2018-03
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