Does the Roll-off Angle Depend on Work of Adhesion?

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The roll-off angle of hexadecane droplets was measured on a family of nearly ideal surfaces having similar structures but different interfacial free energies. The variation in interfacial energy was reflected in the contact angles of hexadecane, which provide a measure of the work of adhesion. The hysteresis in the contact angle on these surfaces was low and approximately constant, thereby approximately removing it as a variable and allowing for an assessment of any dependence of the roll-off angle on work of adhesion directly. The results revealed no such dependence, consistent with the descriptions of early researchers in this area.

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