Table 3 Summary of model accuracies for hemiwicking H, capillary rise C, total liquid height T, and total volume VT.

From: Rough capillary rise

 

H = 0

H > 0

 

H

C

T

VT

H

C

T

VT

Dual-Rise

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

✓

Jurin

 

× 

× 

< 

 

× 

< 

< 

Wenzel (θW > 0°)

 

✓

✓

✓

 

> 

< 

✓

Wenzel (θW = 0°)

 

< 

< 

< 

 

> 

< 

✓

Cassie-Baxter

 

> 

> 

× 

 

✓

< 

× 

  1. For each model, the symbols indicate whether a property is: predicted accurately (✓), always overestimated ( > ), always underestimated ( < ), inaccurate ( × ), or not predicted by the model (blank cell). θW is the Wenzel angle.
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