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Surface Tension

Surface tension influences the growth of bubbles in nucleate boiling and the drainage of condensate from certain enhanced condenser surfaces. It is a fluid property required in many two-phase heat transfer correlations.

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Contact:

Dr. Mark McLinden
NIST
Physical and Chemical Properties Division
Experimental Properties of Fluids Group
Mail Stop 838.07
325 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80305-3328 USA

Phone Number

+1-303-497-3580

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+1-303-497-5224

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