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Bernard LE NEINDRE: Doctor of Science - Director of Research at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
INTRODUCTION
This article is part of a series, the first of which is the Surface and interfacial tensions.
The coefficients shown in the tables are based on variations in surface tension as a function of temperature. In general, the first column gives the name of the compound, in alphabetical order. The second column gives a reference temperature (in K) at which experimental measurements of surface tension have been made. This temperature is either the melting temperature, ambient temperature or another temperature close to ambient. The third column shows the experimental surface tension (in 10
– 3
N · m
– 1
) measured at the reference temperature. In the fourth column, the coefficient
(10
– 3
N · m
– 1
) of the equation representing the variation in surface tension as a function of temperature is given:
( 1 )
with :
- T (K) :
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temperature
- b (10 – 3 N · m –1 · K –1 ) :
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surface tension gradient.
In the fifth column, the coefficient b is tabulated:
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