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An Inexpensive and Accurate Tensiometer Using an Electronic Balance

    1. [1] Universitat de València

      Universitat de València

      Valencia, España

  • Localización: Journal of chemical education, ISSN 0021-9584, Vol. 78, Nº 9, 2001, pág. 1257
  • Idioma: inglés
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  • Resumen
    • A method for measuring surface tension of liquid-air interfaces that consists of a modification of the du Noüy tensiometer is proposed. An electronic balance is used to determine the detachment force with high resolution and the relative displacement ring/plate-liquid surface is carried out by the descent of the liquid-free surface. The procedure familiarizes undergraduate students in applied science and technology with the experimental study of surface tension by means of a simple and accurate method that offers the advantages of sophisticated devices at considerably less cost. The operational aspects that must be taken into account are analyzed: the measuring system and determination of its effective length, measurement of the detachment force, and the relative system-liquid interface displacement rate. To check the accuracy of the proposed tensiometer, measurements of the surface tension of different known liquids have been performed, and good agreement with results reported in the literature was obtained.


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