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. 2007 May 2;7:36. doi: 10.1186/1471-2180-7-36

Table 2.

Surface tension components of glass and PTFE

θ W θ F θ D γ LW γ - γ + γ AB γ S
Glass 10° 17° 61° 28 55 4 30 58
PTFE 109° 95° 83° 15 1.5 0 0 15

Contact angles measured on glass and PTFE with water (θw), formamide (θF) and diiodomethane (θD); and derived Van der Waals, (γLW), electron-donor (γ-), electron-acceptor (γ+) and polar (γAB) components of the materials surface energy (γS) expressed in mJ·m-2.