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Determining the Surface Tension of Microliter Amounts of Liquid

Date

Authors

Kirkness, Jason

Amis, Terence

Wheatley, John

Christenson, H K

Publisher

Academic Press

Abstract

We describe a method for determining the surface tension of liquids by measuring the pull-off force between curved surfaces with a bridging droplet. The technique is useful for cases when only very small amounts of liquid are available, as in medical and

Keywords

Keywords: article; colloid; molecular interaction; priority journal; saliva; surface property; surface tension Pull-off force; Saliva, surface tension of; Surface tension, measurement of

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/89158

Collections

Open Access Research

Source

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1006/jcis.2000.7146

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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