Influence and Correction of Refraction Phenomenon in Liquid Contact Angle Measurement in Capillary Tube

Abstract

By using clear vapor–liquid interface line images of the liquid inside the capillary, the measurement coordinate points of the vapor–liquid interface line were measured. A new method for measuring liquid contact angle has been proposed, which was used to calculate the actual coordinate points and fit the actual vapor–liquid interface line of the liquid. Finally, an angle measurement tool is used to measure the angle of the actual vapor–liquid interface line and obtain the actual contact angle of the liquid. Effectively reducing the influence of refraction on the contact angle by correcting the errors caused by the refractive index of different materials, it can be used for the precise measurement of the static contact angle of liquids. By measuring the static contact angle of the upper and lower liquid surfaces of the liquid column, it was found that the presence of refraction caused a difference of [1.84°, 5.61°] between the actual and measured values of the static contact angle.

Keywords

• capillary tube
• refraction
• measurement method
• static contact angle