Stabilizing contact angle hysteresis of paraffin wax surfaces with nanoclay

Engineering & Materials Science

• Organoclay 100%
• Paraffin waxes 88%
• Waxes 76%
• Contact angle 70%
• Hysteresis 60%
• Crystallinity 51%
• Clay 41%
• Heating 30%
• Clay minerals 28%
• Surface active agents 23%
• Wetting 21%
• Molten materials 20%
• Toughness 20%
• Salts 19%
• Characterization (materials science) 18%
• Coatings 15%
• Stiffness 14%
• Cracks 14%
• Liquids 14%
• Hot Temperature 10%

Physics & Astronomy

• waxes 82%
• paraffins 76%
• hysteresis 49%
• clays 23%
• crystallinity 18%
• montmorillonite 13%
• heating 13%
• methylene 13%
• linkages 12%
• toughness 11%
• microbalances 10%
• surfactants 10%
• wetting 10%
• salts 9%
• casts 9%
• stiffness 9%
• cracks 8%
• coatings 7%
• decay 6%
• characterization 5%
• liquids 5%

Chemical Compounds

• Wax 71%
• Hysteresis 62%
• Alkane 54%
• Surface 20%
• Crystallinity 16%
• Exfoliation 11%
• Montmorillonite 10%
• Drop 9%
• Methyl Group 9%
• Amorphous Material 7%
• Surfactant 7%
• Strength 6%
• Coating Agent 6%
• Liquid 5%
• Amount 4%