wetting agent
noun
: a substance that by becoming adsorbed prevents a surface from being repellent to a wetting liquid and is used especially in mixing solids with liquids or spreading liquids on surfaces
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Another approach is to manage the fairy ring with fertilizers, wetting agents and careful watering.
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oregonlive, 13 May 2023
One idea is that a yawn can help distribute a protective wetting agent called surfactant in the lungs and prevent them from collapsing.
—Jennifer Walter, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2020
The money would go toward purchase of rock salt, or sodium chloride, and liquid calcium chloride, which is a pre-wetting agent for the rock salt.
—Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 8 Nov. 2021
Another type of simulated granite countertop kit, Transformations, available at www.rustoleum.com, uses an adhesive base coat, special wetting agent, decorative chips and two-part finish coating.
—James Dulley, Dallas News, 11 Jan. 2020
Color enhancers are basically wetting agents that also seal.
—Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2019
Then an old-fashioned wetting agent that anybody who once had a darkroom will remember was used.
—Erik Lacitis, The Seattle Times, 16 July 2018
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oregonlive, 13 May 2023
One idea is that a yawn can help distribute a protective wetting agent called surfactant in the lungs and prevent them from collapsing.
—Jennifer Walter, Discover Magazine, 29 Dec. 2020
The money would go toward purchase of rock salt, or sodium chloride, and liquid calcium chloride, which is a pre-wetting agent for the rock salt.
—Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 8 Nov. 2021
Another type of simulated granite countertop kit, Transformations, available at www.rustoleum.com, uses an adhesive base coat, special wetting agent, decorative chips and two-part finish coating.
—James Dulley, Dallas News, 11 Jan. 2020
Color enhancers are basically wetting agents that also seal.
—Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2019
Then an old-fashioned wetting agent that anybody who once had a darkroom will remember was used.
—Erik Lacitis, The Seattle Times, 16 July 2018
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“Wetting agent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wetting%20agent. Accessed 28 Feb. 2025.
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