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A Novel Model for Predicting the Surface Tension of Binary Solutions

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A new surface tension model based on the thermodynamic definition of the surface tension is suggested. By utilizing the Wilson equation to represent the excess Gibbs free energy, the three-parameter surface tension equation for binary liquid mixtures is derived. The validity of the equation is tested in terms of correlations for 160 binary systems. An overall percent average absolute deviation of 0.24% is obtained.

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Published in Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 87, No. 3, pp. 517–523, May–June, 2014.

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Amooey, A.A. A Novel Model for Predicting the Surface Tension of Binary Solutions. J Eng Phys Thermophy 87, 533–540 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-014-1042-0

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