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- noun The ability of a
solid surface toreduce thesurface tension of aliquid incontact with it such that itspreads over the surface andwets it.
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Tests included how the coatings affected the 'wettability' of the cheese, and how much water, oxygen, and carbon dioxide passed through, either in or out.
FoodNavigator RSS 2009
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Tests included how the coatings affected the 'wettability' of the cheese, and how much water, oxygen, and carbon dioxide passed through, either in or out.
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Tests included how the coatings affected the 'wettability' of the cheese, and how much water, oxygen, and carbon dioxide passed through, either in or out.
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Detergents contain surfactants to increase the wettability of the fabrics to be cleaned, builders and boosters of all sorts to increase cleaning power, anti-redeposition agents that keep dirt suspended in the wash water and prevent it from resettling on the clothes, and a variety of other chemical agents.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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Detergents contain surfactants to increase the wettability of the fabrics to be cleaned, builders and boosters of all sorts to increase cleaning power, anti-redeposition agents that keep dirt suspended in the wash water and prevent it from resettling on the clothes, and a variety of other chemical agents.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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Detergents contain surfactants to increase the wettability of the fabrics to be cleaned, builders and boosters of all sorts to increase cleaning power, anti-redeposition agents that keep dirt suspended in the wash water and prevent it from resettling on the clothes, and a variety of other chemical agents.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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Detergents contain surfactants to increase the wettability of the fabrics to be cleaned, builders and boosters of all sorts to increase cleaning power, anti-redeposition agents that keep dirt suspended in the wash water and prevent it from resettling on the clothes, and a variety of other chemical agents.
HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005
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Surface energy is a measure of the wettability of a surface.
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Other features of the technology include: improved wettability on component surface; it eliminates steam pockets; it avoids the formation of soft spots; and it provides flexibility of quenching speed.
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One per cent to five per cent solutions of Safe Quench 569 improve the wettability on the component surface, thereby imparting a more uniform quench and preventing soft spotting.
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