An inexpensive contact angle measurement system

Musa Faruk Cakir

doi:10.31349/RevMexFis.68.021001

Authors

Musa Faruk Cakir Çankırı Karatekin University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31349/RevMexFis.68.021001

Keywords:

Contact angle measurement system, contact angle, wettability, acrylic

Abstract

In this study, a new and cost-effective contact angle measurement system has been developed. As direct application of this easy-to-use measuring system, the wettability behavior of acrylic polymers was analyzed by dropping a saline solution of 2.4 M on acrylic materials, where contact angle measurements were made.

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