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Determining Contact Angles of Powders by Liquid Penetration
Author(s) -
Teipel Ulrich,
Mikonsaari Irma
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
particle and particle systems characterization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.877
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1521-4117
pISSN - 0934-0866
DOI - 10.1002/ppsc.200400931
Subject(s) - wetting , contact angle , materials science , penetration (warfare) , sessile drop technique , drop (telecommunication) , penetration depth , process engineering , composite material , mechanical engineering , optics , physics , operations research , engineering
The wettability of a powder is important, especially in chemical and pharmaceutical technologies when considering the manufacturing process and the properties of the final product. However, contact angle methods for powders are problematic. The common measurement techniques are the sessile drop method and the liquid penetration method. In this work the determination of contact angles of powders by liquid penetration is considered. In particular, we investigated the influence of the sample preparation and sampling device on the wetting process. A bulk with constant properties during the measurement must be guaranteed. We postulate a packing procedure to obtain reproducible measurements by ensuring constant powder properties.