Affiliation:
1. Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics
Abstract
Surface tension is an important property of liquid, the bulk surface tension concept changes considerably when minute volume of a given liquid (drop let radius<10nm) is considered. Although an extensive thermodynamical treatment and theoretical basis have been considered in the past on the curvature dependence of surface tension, yet its experimental evaluation is deemed necessary and it has been shown hither to that positronium annihilation parameters serve faithfully to this purpose. However, the drastic lowering of surface tension with the dispersion of surfactant in the liquid phase display a different phenomenon altogether and has been dealt separately by positron annihilation results.
Publisher
Trans Tech Publications, Ltd.
Subject
Mechanical Engineering,Mechanics of Materials,Condensed Matter Physics,General Materials Science
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