On‐site surface and wetting tension measurements of water‐based coatings and substrates Available to Purchase

Formulators must control coating transfer and adhesion by developing formulations that perform well under widely varying application speeds and operating conditions. There are factors that can be controlled, and others that cannot be controlled. It is especially useful, and often essential, for the formulator to have an understanding of the principles and relationships of surface and interfacial tension, and surface energy or “wetting tension”. A review of these important principals and relationships, with a brief introduction to formulation variables sets the stage for introduction of an instrument that can easily measure the surface tension of coatings and the wetting tension of the surfaces or “substrates” to be coated.