Energetics of the interaction of water and other liquids with the surface of hydrophilic and hydrophobic sorbents according to data on the heats of wetting

Abstract

Papers on the energetics of the interaction of various substances with the surface of hydrophilic and hydrophobic sorbents using the data from heats of wetting are reviewed. The thermodynamics of wetting is examined, and the important role of the heats of wetting for the production of quantitative data on the surface energy of solids is demonstrated. The uniqueness of the information on the physicochemical characteristics of the sorbents and catalysts obtained from the immersion wetting isotherms is emphasized, and up-to-date information on the extent, structure, and characteristics of the boundary layers of water is analyzed. It is shown that the calorimetric data serve as an experimental base for obtaining data on the structural ordering-disordering of the boundary layers of water.