No, water is not at all a wetting agent as far as paints are concerned.
Water (pure) has a high surface tension; which means that water tries to stick to itself ... and does a pretty good job of it. "Wetting agents" act by lowering the surface tension of water.
Wetting agents work by breaking the surface tension of water - making water (as the dispersant) adehere to the surface of the leaves. Normally any soap or detegent can be used as a wetting agent.
surfactant
Wetting agent is basically a detergent. It breaks the surface tension of water, and is usually the last treatment a film receives before being hung to dry. The wetting agent causes the final rinse to "sheet" off the film, allowing it to dry without water spots. Water spots can cause all sorts of grief, and usually once the film has dried the water spots cannot be removed, even by rewashing, so it's best to prevent them. A film squeegee may be used to speed drying with or without wetting agent, but many workers do not like to touch wet film with anything other than wet fingers.
Surfactants are wetting agents that interfere with hydrogen bonding in water by reducing the surface tension. They have hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties that disrupt the cohesive forces between water molecules, allowing it to spread and penetrate surfaces more easily. This helps improve the wetting and spreading of liquids on solid surfaces.
If you squeegee the water off really well, nothing happens. Photo-flo is a wetting agent; it causes the wash water to flow off the film evenly. If the wetting agent is not used and the squeegeeing has not been adequate, you'll get really strange drying marks on the film that won't come out.
A wetting agent reduces a liquid's surface tension, helping it spread and penetrate more easily. A suspending agent helps maintain the stability of solid particles in a liquid, preventing them from settling.
It depends a lot on the water...hard water will produce less bubbles...probably distilled water would produce the most bubbles...referencing the brand...it is rather subjective...pure wetting agents would be the best bet...reference Kodak brand wetting agent....if it is still available...pure, and used to sheet off water from film after processing...in a highly dilute form. Kodaks brand of wetting agent is Photoflow, or Photoflo.
several uses: its an emollient (to moisturise the skin); its a humectant (keeps water in the formulation); its a wetting agent (to help disperse the insoluble solids).
several uses: its an emollient (to moisturise the skin); its a humectant (keeps water in the formulation); its a wetting agent (to help disperse the insoluble solids).
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Soap is a wetting agent that aids in the mechanical removal of bacteria.