adhesion
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Adhesion is the force that causes two different materials to stick together, like how water droplets cling to a spider web or how a frog can grip wet glass. It matters because it affects everyday phenomena ranging from how liquids behave on surfaces to how living creatures interact with their environments.
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17 sectionsContents
- Surface energy
- Mechanisms
- Mechanical
- Chemical
- Dispersive
- Electrostatic
- Diffusive
- Strength
- Other effects
- Stringing
- Microstructures
- Hysteresis
- Wettability and absorption
- Lateral adhesion
- See also
- References
- Further reading
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Adhesion is the tendency of dissimilar particles or surfaces to cling to one another. (Cohesion refers to the tendency of similar or identical particles and surfaces to cling to one another.)