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The standard definition of wetting doesn't mention water. (For one thing, other liquids can make stuff wet.) The first few paragraphs on wikipedia are a prett
by hedora 3y ago
The standard definition of wetting doesn't mention water. (For one thing, other liquids can make stuff wet.)
The first few paragraphs on wikipedia are a pretty good summary, and the article also includes a picture of a water bead failing to wet a surface:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetting
- justinclift 3y agoFrom that: Wetting is the ability of a liquid to maintain contact with a solid surface ... There's no solid surface for our purposes here, so that doesn't really seem to apply all that well?