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Low distillation and absorption efficiencies in gas/liquid contacting equipment have been attributed to liquid film breakdown and underwetting. A study of a model simulating these conditions has resulted in observations of contact angles when mass transfer is occurring.
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Wenzel, R. N., Indust. Eng. Chem., 28, 988 (1936).
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PONTER, A., THORNLEY, P. Measurement of Contact Angles in the Presence of Mass Transfer. Nature 207, 1288–1289 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/2071288a0
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