Contact angle (Young equation)

Layer 2 — Chemistryin the colloid-and-interface-chemistry subtree

Young 1805: cos theta = (gamma_SV - gamma_SL) / gamma_LV; foundation of wettability + capillary phenomena; theta < 90 hydrophilic, > 90 hydrophobic; basis of self-cleaning surfaces.

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