ISO 8296:2003规定了一种测定与特定试验溶液滴接触的塑料薄膜和薄板表面润湿张力的方法。 塑料薄膜保留油墨、涂料、粘合剂等的能力主要取决于其表面的特性，可以通过几种表面处理技术中的一种来提高。已经发现，这些相同的处理技术可以增加塑料薄膜表面与溶剂混合物接触时的润湿张力。因此，可以将塑料薄膜表面的润湿张力与其接受和保留油墨、涂料、粘合剂等的能力联系起来。 根据经验，特定薄膜表面的润湿张力只能与可接受的油墨、涂层或粘合剂保持力有关。润湿张力本身并不是衡量油墨、涂层或粘合剂附着力的一个完全可以接受的指标。 当待测材料表面与试验溶液发生化学反应时，本试验不适用。

ISO 8296:2003 specifies a method for determining the wetting tension of surfaces of plastic film and sheeting in contact with drops of specific test solutions. The ability of plastic films to retain inks, coatings, adhesives, etc., is primarily dependent on the character of their surfaces, and can be improved by one of several surface-treatment techniques. These same treatment techniques have been found to increase the wetting tension of a plastic film surface in contact with mixtures of solvents. It is therefore possible to relate the wetting tension of a plastic film surface to its ability to accept and retain inks, coatings, adhesives, etc. The measured wetting tension of a specific film surface can only be related to acceptable ink, coating, or adhesive retention through experience. Wetting tension, in itself, is not a completely acceptable measure of ink, coating or adhesive adhesion. The test is not applicable when the surface of the material to be tested reacts chemically with the test solution.