Why are the values of the surface tension of most organic liquids similar?

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1309-1311

  Bormashenko, Edward ^a  

^a ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 78649345946     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.3471939     Document Type: Article

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