Contact Angle Goniometry as a Tool for Surface （表面接触角测角术作为一种工具）.pdf

In the Laboratory Contact Angle Goniometry as a Tool for Surface Tension Measurements of Solids, Using Zisman Plot Method A Physical Chemistry Experiment † Konrad Kabza, * Jason E. Gestwicki, and Jessica L. McGrath Department of Chemistry, SUNY at Fredonia, Fredonia, NY 14063; *kkabza@selu.edu Surface science, in particular its experimental aspects, is γ LV Vapor not in the forefront of today’s undergraduate physical chem- istry curricula. One reason is usually a very packed sequence Liquid of experimental physical chemistry. This puts a fundamental γ SV ΘY γ SL question before a lecturer: which experiments to eliminate in order to accommodate the new ones. Our philosophy is Solid not necessarily to eliminate but rather to modify the existing experiments, so as to accommodate new-sprung and inter- Figure 1. Graphical vector representation of sessile drop parameters: esting fields such as surface science. Θ , Young’s contact angle; γ , solid–vapor interfacial free energy; Y SV Most textbooks for experimental physical chemistry γLV, liquid–vapor interfacial free energy; γSL, solid–liquid interfacial include rudimentary experiments from the field of surface free energy. science—for example, such classics as measurement of surface tension of l