Contact Angle Measurements Using a Simplified Experimental Setup

• Guillaume Lamour ^[1] ; Ahmed Hamraoui ^[1] ; Andrii Buvailo ^[2] ; Yangjun Xing ^[2] ; Sean Keuleyan ^[2] ; Vivek Prakash ^[2] ; Ali Eftekhari Bafrooei ^[2] ; Eric Borguet ^[2]
  1. [1] Paris Descartes University

     Paris Descartes University

     París, Francia

     
  2. [2] Temple University

     Temple University

     City of Philadelphia, Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Journal of chemical education, ISSN 0021-9584, Vol. 87, Nº 12 (December), 2010, págs. 1403-1407
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • A basic and affordable experimental apparatus is described that measures the static contact angle of a liquid drop in contact with a solid. The image of the drop is made with a simple digital camera by taking a picture that is magnified by an optical lens. The profile of the drop is then processed with ImageJ free software. The ImageJ contact angle plugin detects the edge of the drop and fits its profile to a circle or an ellipse. The tangent to the triple line contact is calculated and drawn by the ImageJ software, thus, returning the value of the contact angle with acute precision on the measurement.