An experimental investigation of the surface tension of seawater
Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2014.
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| author | Nayar, Kishor Govind |
| author2 | John H. Lienhard, V. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/921812019-04-10T14:32:50Z An experimental investigation of the surface tension of seawater Nayar, Kishor Govind John H. Lienhard, V. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering. Mechanical Engineering. Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2014. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-93). Surface tension of seawater was measured for absolute salinities S = (20.01, 35.18, 40.49, 79.39, 121.54) g/kg across a temperature range of T = (0 - 90)°C at atmospheric pressure using the Wilhelmy plate method. The uncertainty within measurements varied between 0.04 - 0.33 mN/m with the average uncertainty being 0.12 mN/m. The experimental procedures were validated with tests conducted on ACS reagent grade water and aqueous sodium chloride solutions. A best fit correlation was developed expressing surface tension of seawater as a function of temperature and salinity. The average absolute deviation between measurements and the correlation was 0.19% while the maximum deviation was 0.60%. The surface tension of seawater was found to be comparable to within 1.37% of the surface tension of aqueous sodium chloride. The surface tension of 0.2 [mu]m microfiltered and ultraviolet radiation treated natural seawater was found to be similar to that of laboratory prepared seawater. by Kishor Govind Nayar. S.M. 2014-12-08T18:54:54Z 2014-12-08T18:54:54Z 2014 2014 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/92181 897206012 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 93 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Mechanical Engineering. Nayar, Kishor Govind An experimental investigation of the surface tension of seawater |
| title | An experimental investigation of the surface tension of seawater |
| title_full | An experimental investigation of the surface tension of seawater |
| title_fullStr | An experimental investigation of the surface tension of seawater |
| title_full_unstemmed | An experimental investigation of the surface tension of seawater |
| title_short | An experimental investigation of the surface tension of seawater |
| title_sort | experimental investigation of the surface tension of seawater |
| topic | Mechanical Engineering. |
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