Recommended Correlations for the Surface Tension of n-Alkanes

Abstract

In previous papers, specific correlations were proposed to reproduce the surface tension values selected for several families of fluids and for wide ranges of temperatures. In this paper, the surface tension of n-alkanes is considered. For that, the data available in DIPPR and DETHERM databases and in Wohlfarth and Wohlfarth [“Surface tension of pure liquids and binary liquid mixtures,” in Landolt-Bornstein, New Series Group IV Physical Chemistry Vol. 16, edited by M. D. Lechner (Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1997)] and its updated supplements (2008 and 2016) have been compiled. In most cases, a significant number of new data have been added, which were published elsewhere during the last few years and that were not included in the previously mentioned sources. All the data and values available for each fluid have been carefully screened and subsequently fitted to the Guggenheim–Katayama model, which includes two to six adjustable coefficients for each fluid. As a result, recommended correlations for 33 n-alkanes are proposed, providing absolute deviations below 1.65 mN/m and mean absolute percentage deviations below 2.1%.