A process in which a solid or liquid, β, is covered with a liquid, α, both of which were initially in contact with a gas or liquid, δ, without changing the area of the αδ-interface.
Source:
PAC, 1972, 31, 577
(Manual of Symbols and Terminology for Physicochemical Quantities and Units, Appendix II: Definitions, Terminology and Symbols in Colloid and Surface Chemistry)
on page 598
Transformed and rewritten from PDF version (entry
http://www.iupac.org/goldbook/I02966.pdf)
by: Miloslav Nic, Jiri Jirat, Bedrich Kosata, ICT Prague, Czech Republic
