On the experimental values of the water surface tension used in some textbooks

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 705-709

  Pellicer, J ^a   Garcia Morales V ^a   Guanter, L ^a   Hernandez M J ^a   Dolz, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

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EID: 23044534944     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1477431     Document Type: Article

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