Abstract
The liquid-to-vapor transition that occurs when a liquid comes into contact with a hot wall is considered. Statistical mechanics are used to derive an approximate local equation of state for the fluid as a function of distance from the wall and to arrive at a wall rewetting criterion. The contact angle is a convenient parameter characterizing the liquid-solid interaction under these conditions. It is shown that the spinodal temperature is a good estimation for the maximum superheat temperature that a liquid can sustain on a wall for most situations encountered in rewetting experiments.
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