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. 2016 Sep 19;8(1):708–723. doi: 10.1039/c6sc03085h

Table 2. Values of dispersion component, polar component and γ la for the liquids used at 25 °C (taken from ref. 43) and both the three-phase equilibrium advancing liquid–air contact angles and the oil–water contact angles measured on the surface of disks formed from the pigment particles.

Liquid Tension/mN m–1
Liquid–air contact angle/°
γ d la γ p la γ la PR PO PY PG PB PI PV
Water 21.6 50.5 72.1 87 64 108 92 93 80 85
Glycerol 34.0 30.0 64.0 74 44 100 77 79 72 66
Formamide 39.0 19.0 58.0 72 37 83 75 78 53 58
α-Bromonaphthalene 44.4 0.0 44.4 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5
n-Hexadecane 27.8 0.0 27.8 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5
Oil–water contact angle/°
PR PO PY PG PB PI PV
Heptane–water (expt.) 143 84 142 144 139 141 143
Heptane–water (calc.) 110 92 146 125 124 112 122