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To re-examine the wetting behavior of polytetrafluoroethylene by organic liquids by evaluating both dispersion and polar surface tension components across the interface.

January 1, 1970The Journal of Adhesion

A Reinterpretation of Organic Liquid-Polytetrafluoroethylene Surface Interactions

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To re-examine the wetting behavior of polytetrafluoroethylene by organic liquids by evaluating both dispersion and polar surface tension components across the interface.
Reanalyzed liquid-solid interfacial interactions between polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and homologous series of organic liquids using a dispersion-polar framework.
Formulated and applied a modified analytical definition for the thermodynamic work of adhesion.
Determined PTFE total surface tension (γs) of 21.6 dyne/cm, resolved into a dispersion component (γs d) of 19.6 dyne/cm and a polar component (γS D) of 2.0 dyne/cm.
Demonstrated that defining an explicit polar contribution clarifies detailed wetting anomalies observed across different homologous organic liquid series.

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Interfacial thermodynamic analysis demonstrates a polar component in polytetrafluoroethylene surface tension, highlighting how liquid series wet the polymer surface.

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Kaelble et al. (1970) studied this question.

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Interfacial thermodynamic analysis demonstrates a polar component in polytetrafluoroethylene surface tension, highlighting how liquid series wet the polymer surface.

A Reinterpretation of Organic Liquid-Polytetrafluoroethylene Surface Interactions

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A Reinterpretation of Organic Liquid-Polytetrafluoroethylene Surface Interactions

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