The excess interfacial free energy released per newly wetted area when a liquid film replaces a solid-vapour interface is the displayed coefficient. Positive favors macroscopic spreading in the ideal equilibrium surface-energy model, whereas negative permits a finite contact angle obeying Young's equation. Surface preparation, chemical composition and adsorption can change all three interfacial energies.

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