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If two immiscible fluids get in touch with a solid surface, one phase will have more a tendency to adhere to the solid surface than the other phase. This due to the balance of intermolecular forces and surface energies between immiscible fluids and the solid.
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Ganat, T.AA.O. (2020). Wettability. In: Fundamentals of Reservoir Rock Properties. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-28140-3_4
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