Tasks and Applications

• Characterization of surface pre-treatment processes
• Testing of the wettability of plastic, glass, ceramic, wood, paper, textiles or metal
• Testing of surface cleanliness

Measuring methods and options:

• Contact angle between a liquid and a solid
• Surface free energy from contact angles of several test liquids using all common models
• Static contact angle, advancing angle and receding angle
• Temperature-controlled measurements from -30 to 400 °C
• Measurements under controlled humidity