- Quality assurance and optimization of activation processes such as plasma treatment, flame treatment, or corona treatment before coating or bonding
- Analyzing the wettability of plastics, glass, ceramics, wood, paper, or metal
- Analyzing the effectiveness of hydrophobic coatings and other coatings
- Analyzing coating liquids and adhesives and assessing their adhesion
- Assessing long-term stability of coatings
- Analyzing (super-) hydrophobic and self-cleaning surfaces
- Analyzing homogeneity of cleanliness and wettability and measuring differences between coated/uncoated or treated/untreated areas
- Wetting analysis at controlled temperature and/or humidity
- Measuring surface tension of hot liquids, e.g. hotmelts
MEASURING RESULTS
- Static contact angle
- Advancing and receding contact angle
- Contact angle using a bubble in a liquid
- Roll-off angle
- Surface free energy (SFE) according to the following models: Owens-Wendt-Rabel-Kaelble (OWRK), Fowkes, Extended Fowkes, Van Oss & Good (Acid-Base), Schultz, Wu, Zisman, Equation of State
- Position-dependent contact angle and SFE
- Surface tension of a liquid and interfacial tension between two liquids
- Work of adhesion, solid/liquid interfacial tension, spreading coefficient
- Temperature