Table of Polar and Dispersive Components of Liquid Surface Tension

Polar and Dispersive Components of Liquid Surface Tension

${{\gamma }_L={\gamma }^d_L+{\gamma }^P_L}$

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Liquid	Chemical formula	Temperture	γ^d_L (mN/m) Dispersive	γ^p_L (mN/m) Polar	γ_L (mN/m) Surface Tension	Reference
Water	H₂O	20	27.19	45.61	72.8	[ 1 ]
		20	26.25	46.55	72.8	[ 2 ]
		30	27.29	44	71.29	[ 1 ]
		37	21	49.1	70.1	[ 3 ]
		40	27.35	42.42	69.77	[ 1 ]
		44	20.6	48.3	68.9	[ 3 ]
		70	19.3	45.2	64.5	[ 3 ]
		95	17.9	42	59.9	[ 3 ]
Glycerol	C₃H₈O₃	20	36.34	27.66	64	[ 1 ]
		30	36.45	26.95	63.4	[ 1 ]
		40	36.75	26.05	62.8	[ 1 ]
Diiodomethane	CH₂I₂	20	50.8	0	50.8	[ 1 ]
		30	49.42	0	49.42	[ 1 ]
		37	48.3	0	48.3	[ 3 ]
		40	48.05	0	48.05	[ 1 ]
		44	47.3	0	47.3	[ 3 ]
		70	43.8	0	43.8	[ 3 ]
		95	40.5	0	40.5	[ 3 ]
Chloroform	CHCL₃	20	27.2	0	27.2	[ 4 ]
Methanol	CH₃OH	20	20.21	2.29	22.5	[ 1 ]
		30	19.54	2.19	21.73	[ 1 ]
		40	18.90	2.05	20.95	[ 1 ]
Ethanol	C₂H₅OH	20	21.19	2.01	23.2	[ 1 ]
		30	20.44	1.93	22.37	[ 1 ]
		40	19.72	1.82	21.54	[ 1 ]
Propanol	C₃H₈O	20	22.11	1.76	23.87	[ 1 ]
		30	21.67	1.42	23.09	[ 1 ]
		40	20.19	1.33	21.52	[ 1 ]
Ethylene glycol	C₂H₆O₂	20	29.81	18.19	48	[ 1 ]
		20	33.9	14.1	48	[ 2 ]
		30	29.95	17.16	47.11	[ 1 ]
		37	28.1	18.4	46.5	[ 3 ]
		40	29.66	16.54	46.22	[ 1 ]
		44	27.8	18.2	46	[ 3 ]
		70	26.8	17.5	44.3	[ 3 ]
		95	25.7	16.9	42.6	[ 3 ]
Benzene	C₆H₆	20	28.9	0	28.9	[ 4 ]
Benzonitrile	C₇H₅N	20	34.7	4.7	38.79	[ 2 ]
Toluene	C₇H₈	20	28.5	0	28.5	[ 4 ]
Heptane	C₇H₁₆	20	20.14	0	20.14	[ 4 ]
Dimethyl sulfoxide	C₂H₆OS	20	36	8	44	[ 4 ]
Dimethyl formamide	C₃H₇NO	20	29	8.1	37.1	[ 2 ]
Formamide	CH₃NO	20	45.18	12.82	58	[ 1 ]
		30	45.39	11.77	57.16	[ 1 ]
		40	45.54	10.78	56.32	[ 1 ]
Tribromopropane	C₃H₅Br₃	20	45.4	0	45.4	[ 1 ]
		30	44.13	0	44.13	[ 1 ]
		40	42.87	0	42.87	[ 1 ]
Chloronaphthalene	C₁₀H₇Cl	20	41.8	0	41.8	[ 1 ]
		30	40.74	0	40.74	[ 1 ]
		40	39.67	0	39.67	[ 1 ]
1,4 Dibromobutane	C₄H₈Br₂	20	38	0	38	[ 5 ]
1,3 Diiodopropane	C₃H₆I₂	20	44	3.78	47.78	[ 5 ]
Bromonaphthalene	C₁₀H₇Br	20	43.5	0	44.4	[ 6 ]

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Table of Polar and Dispersive Components of Liquid Surface Tension