Ring Method for Measuring Surface Tension

A New Apparatus for Measuring Surface Tension

Surface tension is probably one of the most difficult phenomena to measure. Although a great deal of ingenuity has been spent for almost a century in devising accurate techniques, the figures obtained deviate more from each other for the same substance, according to different authors, than any other constant characterizing the substance. I t is well ,known tha t the two classes of methods of me...

Ring distraction technique for measuring surface tension of sputum: relationship to sputum clearability.

Poor sputum clearance has been related to sputum adhesion tension. In this study, we describe a modified du Noüy ring method for measuring the surface tension (gamma) of small samples of sputum and for comparinge the calculated work of adhesion (Wad) for sputum specimens with the measured mucociliary transportability (MCTR) and cough transportability (CTR). The gamma, as measured by this method...

Measuring Surface Tension with Faraday Waves

A noncontacting technique for measuring surface tension of liquids

We have developed a novel instrument for measuring the surface tension of liquids. It utilizes ultrasonic and optical methods to excite and detect a capillary wave packet. A focused ultrasonic transducer is used to generate a mound on the surface of a liquid. Capillary waves propagate radially outward from the mound, and a noncontacting confocal optical microscope measures the amplitude of the ...

Multiple histogram reweighting method for the surface tension calculation.

The multiple histogram reweighting method takes advantage of calculating ensemble averages over a range of thermodynamic conditions without performing a molecular simulation at each thermodynamic point. We show that this method can easily be extended to the calculation of the surface tension. We develop a new methodology called multiple histogram reweighting with slab decomposition based on the...