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sessile drop method

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sessile drop method [′ses·əl ¦dräp ‚meth·əd]
(fluid mechanics)
A method of measuring surface tension in which the depth and mass of a drop resting on a surface that it does not wet are measured; from this, the shape of the drop and, in turn, the surface tension are determined.


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Using the sessile drop method (33), the contact angle (CA) of water (W), glycerol (G), formamide (F), and ethylene glycol (E.
Newmann Triangle: The Neumann triangle or sessile drop method is very similar to the pendant drop method, consisting of the study of the profile of a drop of one liquid resting on a flat plate surrounded by another liquid of smaller density (in the case of the determination of interfacial tension) or by air (in the case of determination of surface tension) at mechanical equilibrium.
 
 
 
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