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Chemical Phenomena > Surface Properties > Wettability
Chemical Phenomena > Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions > Wettability

Preferred term

Wettability  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Hygroscopicities
  • Hygroscopicity
  • Wetabilities
  • Wetability

Scope note

  • The quality or state of being wettable or the degree to which something can be wet. This is also the ability of any solid surface to be wetted when in contact with a liquid whose surface tension is reduced so that the liquid spreads over the surface of the solid.

History note

  • 93

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017155

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