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spreading coefficient [′spred·iŋ ‚kō·i‚fish·ənt]

(thermodynamics)

The work done in spreading one liquid over a unit area of another, equal to the surface tension of the stationary liquid, minus the surface tension of the spreading liquid, minus the interfacial tension between the liquids.

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