Wetting:

Terms Related to Wetting

• Wetting agent

  A substance or composition that, when added to a liquid, increases the spreading of the liquid on a surface or the penetration of the liquid ...

• Alkaline flooding

  Large scale injection of ph>7 fluids. The basic materials may react with oils to form reactants that can reduce viscosity or affect wetting.

• Solution

  Single, homogenous liquid, solid, or gas phase that is a mixture in which the components (liquid, gas, solid, or combinations thereof) are uniformly distributed throughout ...

• Viscosity

  A measure of the resistance of a fluid to flow. Resistance is brought about by the internal friction resulting from the combined effects of cohesion ...

• Precipitation

  The production of a separate liquid phase from a mixture of gases (e.g., rain), or of a separate solid phase from a liquid solution, as ...

• Surface tension

  The tendency of liquids to maintain as small a surface as possible. It is caused by the cohesive attraction between the molecules of liquid.

• Saturation point

  A given point at a certain temperature and pressure at which no more solid material will dissolve in a liquid.