Module 3: "Components of Surface Energy"
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If after solving the Young’s equation we get , it means that

If we get .

If , theoretically it would spread into a monolayer. But this is true only for van der Waals liquids.

There are six parameters for two materials, viz., for each of the two materials. These are to be determined. But before that, we consider the following special cases.