Effect of adsorbed water on wetting properties of borosilicate glass, quartz, and sapphire

• Published in: Journal of colloid and interface science Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 413 - 423
• Main Authors: Bernett, Marianne K, Zisman, W.A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.01.1969

Contact angles of a variety of hydrophobic liquids were measured on clean surfaces of borosilicate glass, quartz, and sapphire at 20°C with the RH at 0.6% and 95%. The adsorption of water molecules at 0.6% RH resulted in the formation of only a fraction of a monolayer; yet it converted each high-ene...