liquid-vapor interface

  • 1Liquid — Liq uid (l[i^]k w[i^]d), a. [L. liquidus, fr. liquere to be fluid or liquid; cf. Skr. r[=i] to ooze, drop, l[=i] to melt.] 1. Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid. [1913 Webster] Yea, though he go upon the plane and liquid water which will …

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  • 2Liquid glass — Liquid Liq uid (l[i^]k w[i^]d), a. [L. liquidus, fr. liquere to be fluid or liquid; cf. Skr. r[=i] to ooze, drop, l[=i] to melt.] 1. Flowing freely like water; fluid; not solid. [1913 Webster] Yea, though he go upon the plane and liquid water… …

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  • 3Vapor — A vapor or vapour (see spelling differences) is a substance in the gas phase at a temperature lower than its critical temperature. [R.H.Petrucci, W.S.Harwood and F.G.Herring, General Chemistry , 8th edition (Prentice Hall 2002), p.486] This means …

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  • 4Liquid bubble — A bubble is a globule of one substance in another, usually gas in a liquid. Due to surface tension, bubbles may remain intact when they reach the surface of the immersive substance.Common examplesBubbles are seen in many places in everyday life,… …

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  • 5Direct-EI LC-MS interface — is a simple coupling technique between liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry (LC MS) developed by Achille Cappiello and coworkers.[1] It is based on the direct and efficient introduction of a liquid effluent into an electron ionization (EI) …

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  • 6Drop (liquid) — For other uses of raindrop , see Raindrops (disambiguation). Droplet redirects here. For the type of applet in AppleScript which accepts files dropped onto it, see AppleScript#Applets and Droplets. Water drops falling from a tap. A drop or… …

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  • 7Contact angle — Cloth, treated to be hydrophobic, shows a high contact angle. The contact angle is the angle at which a liquid/vapor interface meets a solid surface. The contact angle is specific for any given system and is determined by the interactions across …

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  • 8Melting-point depression — This article deals with melting/freezing point depression due to very small particle size. For depression due to the mixture of another compound, see freezing point depression. Melting point depression is a term referring to the phenomenon of… …

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  • 9Melting point depression — is a term referring to the phenomenon of reduction of the melting point of a material with reduction of its size. This phenomenon is very prominent in nanoscale materials which melt at temperatures hundreds of degrees lower than bulk… …

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  • 10Wetting — is the contact between a liquid and a solid surface, resulting from intermolecular interactions when the two are brought together. The amount of wetting depends on the energies (or surface tensions) of the interfaces involved such that the total… …

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