When considering the formation of a spherical colloidal crystal, this quantity is multiplied by two in the numerator of an expression which gives the radius at which such a crystal is metastable.
When considering the formation of a spherical colloidal crystal, this quantity is multiplied by two in the numerator of an expression which gives the radius at which such a crystal is metastable. For a multicomponent system at constant temperature, the differential of this quantity is equal to the sum over all components of the product of the adsorption density and the differential of chemical potential. This quantity is multiplied by the divergence of the normal vector of an interface to calculate the pressure difference across an interface. For a droplet on a surface, the contact angle depends on three values of this property. The Young-Laplace equation describes pressure differences caused by this quantity, which is defined as Gibbs free energy perunit surface area. For 10 points, name this quantity which explains why water in a test tube forms a meniscus.
When considering the formation of a spherical colloidal crystal, this quantity is multiplied by two in the numerator of an expression which gives the radius at which such a crystal is metastable.
surface tension [or gamma]