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In this lecture, we discuss the concept of contact angle and capillary length. We derive the relation for contact angle in terms of surface tensions between different phases. We also discuss how capillary length can be imagined as a screening length over which interface perturbations vanish.
In this lecture, we discuss the concept of contact angle and capillary length. We derive the relation for contact angle in terms of surface tensions between different phases. We also discuss how capillary length can be imagined as a screening length over which interface perturbations vanish.










