Physics – Classical Physics
Scientific paper
2008-01-21
Journal de Physique IV Colloque 11, PR6 (2001) 261-269
Physics
Classical Physics
8 pages
Scientific paper
In 1805, Young was the first who introduced an expression for contact angle in static, but today, the motion of the contact-line formed at the intersection of two immiscible fluids and a solid is still subject to dispute. By means of the new physical concept of line viscosity, the equations of motions and boundary conditions for fluids in contact on a solid surface together with interface and contact-line are revisited. A new Young-Dupr\'e equation for the dynamic contact angle is deduced. The interfacial energies between fluids and solid take into account the chemical heterogeneities and the solid surface roughness. A scaling analysis of the microscopic law associated with the Young-Dupr\'e dynamic equation allows us to obtain a new macroscopic equation for the motion of the contact-line. Here we show that our theoretical predictions fit perfectly together with the contact angle hysteresis phenomenon and the experimentally well-known results expressing the dependence of the dynamic contact angle on the celerity of the contact-line. We additively get a quantitative explanation for the maximum speed of wetting (and dewetting).
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