Recent sessile drop experiments on metal/ceramic systems (1, 2) have shown that a
sufficient condition for improving wetting of a given substrate by a given metal is to alloy the …

We present an experimental and theoretical description of the kinetics of coalescence of two
water drops on a plane solid surface. The case of partial wetting is considered. The drops …

Dewetting of a substrate, ie the liquid film retraction under partial wetting conditions, has
been studied extensively over the past decades. This theoretical work deals with the …

This review surveys and characterizes papers comprising various fields of heat transfer that
were published in the literature during 1994. It is intended to encompass the English …

An experimental study is presented of the behavior of a molten contact line under conditions
which simulate what happens when a molten droplet touches a subcooled solid, spreads …

When does a drop, deposited on a cold substrate, stop spreading? Despite the practical
relevance of this question, for example, in airplane icing and three-dimensional metal …

The isothermal dissolutive wetting behavior of various Bi–Sn alloys on pure Bi substrates
was studied at 250° C using the sessile drop technique. Wetted radius and apparent …

This chapter shows how evaporation and condensation can modify the wetting conditions.
First, we review the microscopic-scale phenomena acting near the contact line: Kelvin effect …

The local temperature solution near the triple-phase line of a solidifying front, its melt, and a
surrounding inert phase was obtained analytically including all three phases and …

The isothermal spreading of liquid Sn on Au substrates was studied over the temperature
range of 250–430° C using the sessile drop technique in a gaseous flux atmosphere. Digital …