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New simple method to measure polymer surface tension

Charles M. Hansen (FORCE Institute, Broendby, Denmark)

Pigment & Resin Technology

ISSN: 0369-9420

Article publication date: 1 December 1998

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Abstract

Surface tensions of polymers can be accurately determined by observing whether droplets of liquids spontaneously spread or not. The polymer surface tension will be higher than the surface tension of a liquid which spreads, and lower than that of a liquid which remains as a droplet.

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Hansen, C.M. (1998), "New simple method to measure polymer surface tension", Pigment & Resin Technology, Vol. 27 No. 6, pp. 374-378. https://doi.org/10.1108/03699429810246962

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