title: Influence of the dynamic contact angle on the characterization of porous media.
abstract: It has been shown recently that the classical Lucas-Washburn equation, often used to model the dynamics of liquid penetration into porous media, should be modified to take account of the dynamic contact angle between the liquid and the pore. Here we show how neglect of this effect can lead to significant errors in estimation of the effective pore radius.
authors.affiliation: Center for Research in Molecular Modelling, Materia Nova, University of Mons-Hainaut, Parc Initialis, Av. Copernic 1, 7000 Mons, Belgium.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Martic
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: De Coninck
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Blake