Software for calculating the surface characteristics of liquid media
Abstract
Software for calculating the surface characteristics of liquid media
Incoming article date: 25.11.2024Software has been developed to evaluate the surface characteristics of liquids, solutions and suspensions in the Microsoft Visual Studio environment. The module with a user-friendly interface does not require special skills from the user and allows for a numerical calculation of the energy characteristics of the liquid in a time of ~ 1 second: adhesion, cohesion, wetting energy, spreading coefficient and adhesion of the liquid composition to the contact surface. Using the example of a test liquid - distilled water and an initial liquid separation lubricant of the Penta-100 series, an example of calculating the wetting of a steel surface with liquid media is demonstrated. Optical microscopy methods have shown that good lubrication of the steel surface ensures the formation of a homogeneous, defect-free coating. The use of the proposed module allows for an express assessment of the compatibility of liquid formulations with the protected surface and is of interest to manufacturers of paint and varnish materials in product quality control.
Keywords: computer program, C# programming language, wetting, surface, adhesion