Surface tension of blood is an important characteristic when protective materials are being evaluated.
A basic requirement of any coating is that it should form a uniform, defect-free surface. Surface and interfacial tensions play a key role in that.
The net force, which effectively aims to keep the liquid together, is called surface tension.
Surfactants are used in many industrial fields. Characterization of surfactants is thus important to optimize their performance and the products they are applied to. Surface and interfacial tension measurements offer versatile method to study the properties and behavior of the surfactant solution.
A term surfactant comes from the word surface active agent. At the interface, they align themselves so that the hydrophobic part is in the air and hydrophilic part is in water. This will cause the decrease in surface or interfacial tensions.
This blog explains the difference between surface and interfacial tension.
Explains the concept of critical micelle concentration and how it can be measured with surface tension measurement.
Explains three different methods to measure surface tension.
Surface tension is needed for life as we know it. Its fundamental and it is also an important parameter in many industrial processes.
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