Talk:Surface energy
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[edit] Which Young?
A sentence in this article reads:
- As first described by Young in 1805 in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, it is the interaction between the forces of cohesion and the forces of adhesion which determines whether or not wetting, the spreading of a liquid over a surface, occurs.
Young points to a disambig page. Any idea which Young is being referred to here?
Kevyn 04:06, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Mathematical Models?
I think that the mathematical models/equations, rather than the specific software tools that calculate them, would be more interesting when describing how to determine contact angle and surface energies.
[edit] Surface Tension
Several wiki pages (such as the "Wetting" page) state that the terms "Surface Tension" and "Surface Energy" are interchangeable. With that in mind, is it really necessary to have a page on each? If the two terms are NOT interchangeable, then there needs to be some serious editing on these other pages to clarify which is which. Branfish 12:09, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
