Chimica nella Scuola

Convegno 2025 della Divisione Didattica

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2026): Chimica nella Scuola n. 2 2026

Le forze intermolecolari e gli stati condensati attraverso l’angolo di contatto

  • Rosa di Mundo
Submitted
16 June 2026
Published
16 June 2026

Abstract

This paper shows methodologies and results of a laboratory course in the frame of the POC program addressed to scientific high school students. The main objective of the activity was the use of contact angle measurements in a simple and easy to handle mode to explore surface properties of liquids and solids and search correlations with intermolecular forces. As a final task students have fabricated a superhydrophobic wood surface and have been guided in the interpretation of this extreme interface behavior.

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