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<journal-id>0035-001X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de física]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. mex. fis.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0035-001X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Mexicana de Física]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0035-001X2022000200701</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.31349/revmexfis.68.021001</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[An inexpensive contact angle measurement system]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Çak&#305;r]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Musa Faruk]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Çank&#305;r&#305; Karatekin University Electronics and Automation Department ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Çank&#305;r&#305; ]]></addr-line>
<country>Turkey</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>68</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0035-001X2022000200701&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0035-001X2022000200701&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0035-001X2022000200701&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract In this study, a new and cost-effective contact angle measurement system has been developed. As direct application of this easy-to-use measuring system, the wettability behavior of acrylic polymers was analyzed by dropping a saline solution of 2.4 M on acrylic materials, where contact angle measurements were made.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Contact angle measurement system]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[contact angle]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[wettability]]></kwd>
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