Does a negative line tension in a 3-fluid immiscible interface make sense?
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Hey mate ^_^
This is just not true....
The line tension can be positive....
You can see this in a computer simulation, and there are no doubts....
It is not zero in general....
I am asking whether it can be negative. I will probably delete the question and incorporate it into the answer, because I am determining the answer, and it everything I said is just correct, no question needed....
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This is just not true....
The line tension can be positive....
You can see this in a computer simulation, and there are no doubts....
It is not zero in general....
I am asking whether it can be negative. I will probably delete the question and incorporate it into the answer, because I am determining the answer, and it everything I said is just correct, no question needed....
#Be Brainly❤️
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Hello mate here is your answer.
Consider three immiscible fluids forming contact surfaces, where none of the three can make a lubrication layer for the other two (the surface energy between fluid 1 and fluid 2 is not decreased by putting a thin layer of fluid 3 inbetween them, and likewise for the other two permutations). In this case, if all the contact surface tensions are positive, you have a minimum energy when all the surfaces are flat.
Hope it helps you.
Consider three immiscible fluids forming contact surfaces, where none of the three can make a lubrication layer for the other two (the surface energy between fluid 1 and fluid 2 is not decreased by putting a thin layer of fluid 3 inbetween them, and likewise for the other two permutations). In this case, if all the contact surface tensions are positive, you have a minimum energy when all the surfaces are flat.
Hope it helps you.
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