The Second Law of Thermodynamics and the Surface Characteristics of Dispersed Systems
摘要
Abstract
An analysis of the literature shows that all surface characteristics of dispersed systems (surface tensions, contact angles, disjoining pressure, and the properties of small systems) have ambiguous thermodynamic definitions. The second law of Clausius thermodynamics, which requires additional experimental data on the periods of relaxation of momentum, energy, and mass transfer processes, is used to eliminate this ambiguity.