Home Work 1, Problem3.

Jiangping Yu
1. Table: Temperature Dependence of Surface Tension of Water
Temperature(oC) (Kelvin) Surface Tension(mJ/m2)
0.01 273.16 75.64
5 278.15 74.95
10 283.15 74.23
15 288.15 73.5
20 293.15 72.75
25 298.15 71.99
30 303.15 71.2
35 308.15 70.41
40 313.15 69.6
45 318.15 68.78
50 323.15 67.94
55 328.15 67.1
60 333.15 66.24
65 338.15 65.36
70 343.15 64.47
75 348.15 63.58
80 353.15 62.67
85 358.15 61.75
90 363.15 60.82
95 368.15 59.87
100 373.15 58.91
105 378.15 57.94
110 383.15 56.96
115 388.15 55.97
120 393.15 54.96
125 398.15 53.95
130 403.15 52.93
135 408.15 51.89
140 413.15 50.85
145 418.15 49.8
150 423.15 48.74
155 428.15 47.67
160 433.15 46.58
165 438.15 45.49
170 443.15 44.4
175 448.15 43.3
Temperature(oC) (Kelvin) Surface Tension(mJ/m2)
180 453.15 42.19
185 458.15 41.07
190 463.15 39.95
195 468.15 38.82
200 473.15 37.69
205 478.15 36.55
210 483.15 35.41
215 488.15 34.25
220 493.15 33.1
225 498.15 31.93
230 503.15 30.77
235 508.15 29.6
240 513.15 28.42
245 518.15 27.24
250 523.15 26.06
255 528.15 24.87
260 533.15 23.67
265 538.15 22.48
270 543.15 21.3
275 548.15 20.11
280 553.15 18.94
285 558.15 17.77
290 563.15 16.61
295 568.15 15.45
300 573.15 14.3
305 578.15 13.17
310 583.15 12.04
315 588.15 10.92
320 593.15 9.81
325 598.15 8.73
330 603.15 7.66
335 608.15 6.61
340 613.15 5.59
345 618.15 4.6
350 623.15 3.65
355 628.15 2.75
360 633.15 1.9
 365 638.15 1.13
370 643.15 0.45
374 647.15 0
2. Plot: The Surface Tension Vs Temperature

Surface Tension Vs Temperature

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y = 4E-14x6 - 1E-10x5 + 1E-07x4 - 6E-05x3

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+ 0.0172x2 - 2.78x + 275.75
R2 = 1
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Surface Tension(mJ/m2)

50

40

30

20

10

0
200 300 400 500 600 700
Temperature(K)
3. Empirical Functions for Surface Tension

A. From the plot, we can get a polynomial function:

σ[T] = 4*10-14T6 – 1*10-10T5 + 1*10-7T4 – 6*10-5T3 + 0.0172T2

- 2.78T + 275.75

B. For temperature from 0 to 40oC, a simple expression:

σ[T] = 76.10-0.155T.

C. An interpolating equation from a paper:

µ
T − T    TC − T 
σ = B C  1 + b 
 TC    TC 

B = 235.8mJ/m2, b = -0.625, µ = 1.256, and Tc = 647.15K.

It is applicable to the whole table.

Reference:

N.B. Vargaftik, B.N. Volkov. International Tables of the Surface

Tension of Water; J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, Vol. 12, No. 3,
1983.

Hans R. Pruppacher, James D. Klett; Microphysics of Clouds

and Precipitation; D. Reidel Publishing Company, Inc. 1978