If you put some liquid on a solid surface and it doesn't form a bead, the tiny attracting forces between the two materials overcame the innate desire of the liq

If you put some liquid on a solid surface and it doesn't form a bead, the tiny attracting forces between the two materials overcame the innate desire of the liquid to keep its own bits and pieces together, and so the surface is now wet: https://chem.libretexts.org/Courses/Montana_State_University/MSU%3A_CHMY_362_Elements_of_Physical_Chemistry/03%3A_Surface_Tension/3.03%3A_Contact_Angles https://chem.libretexts.org/Courses/Montana_State_University... In that sense even liquid metal will wet the heatsink and/or the CPU's heat spreader.