Automated surface free energy measurement
Susanna Laurén Dec 10, ’19 >2 min

Surface free energy measurements in practice

Surface free energy is measured to get better understanding of the chemical properties of your surface.Surface free energymeasurement is easily done with the help of the modern instruments available. By following the three steps described below, you get valuable information on your surface in matter of minutes.

1. Fill the probe liquid

Surface free energy is calculated through contact angle measurements. You need to measure the contact angle with at least two different probe liquids depending on thesurface free energy theoryyou are using. Water and di-iodomethane are the most often used probe liquids. With current instruments available, it is possible to have two disposable dispensers connect to the instrument at the same time. This allows you to fill the two probe liquids into the dispenser tips and do the measurement completely automatically.

2. Measure contact angle

接触角测量的表面自由能calculations are done the same way as a regular contact angle measurement. Since at least two liquids are needed, it is beneficial to have automated dispensing as well as automated sample stages. This gives you a possibility to program the measurements so that several contact angle measurements with two different liquids can be done with one click of a start button.

3. Calculate the surface free energy results

The modern instruments available can calculate the surface free energy results simultaneously as the contact angle measurements are done. The results are calculated and presented for all available surface free energy theories if the properties of the probe liquids are given. The results are stored in the result database for further analysis.

To hear more about surface free energy and see the measurement in practice, please watch the short webinar through the link below.

Short webinar  How to measure surface free energy in practice?  Watch

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