Stalagmometric method
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Stalagmometer
A stalagmometer is a device for investigating surface tension using the stalagmometric method. It is also called a stactometer or stalogometer. The device is a capillary glass tube whose middle section is widened. The volume of a drop can be predetermined by the design of the stalagmometer. The lower end of the tube is narrowed to force the fluid to fall out of the tube as a drop.[3][4] In an experiment, the drops of fluid flow slowly from the tube in a
The drop falls when the weight (mg) is equal to the circumference (2πr) multiplied by the surface tension (σ). The surface tension can be calculated provided the radius of the tube (r) and mass of the fluid droplet (m) are known. Alternatively, since the surface tension is proportional to the weight of the drop, the fluid of interest may be compared to a reference fluid of known surface tension (typically water):
In the equation, m1 and σ1 represent the mass and surface tension of the reference fluid and m2 and σ2 the mass and surface tension of the fluid of interest. If we take water as a reference fluid,
If the surface tension of water is known which is 72 dyne/cm, we can calculate the surface tension of the specific fluid from the equation. The more drops we weigh, the more precisely we can calculate the surface tension from the equation.[3] The stalagmometer must be kept clean for meaningful readings. There are commercial tubes for stalagmometric method in three sizes: 2.5, 3.5, and 5.0 (mL). The 2.5-mL size is suitable for small volumes and low viscosity, that of 3.5 (mL) for relatively viscous fluids, and that of 5.0 (mL) for large volumes and high viscosity. The 2.5-mL size is suitable for most fluids.[6]
Modified method
The stalagmometric method was improved by S. V. Chichkanov and colleagues,[2] who measured the weight of a fixed number of drops rather than counting the drops. This method for determining the surface tension may be more precise than the original method, especially for fluids whose surface is highly active.
References
- ^ Blažeka, Vlatka (2020-09-10). Stalagmometrijsko određivanje napetosti površine uzoraka tenzida u ovisnosti o koncentraciji (info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis thesis) (in Croatian). University of Zagreb. Faculty of Textile Technology. Department of Applied Chemistry.
- ^ a b Sergey V. Chichkanov; Victoriya E. Proskurina; Vitaly A. Myagchenkov (2002). "Estimation of Micelloformation Critical Concentration for Ionogenic and Non-Ionogenic Surfactants on the Data of modified Stalagmometric Method" (PDF). Butlerov Communications. 3 (9): 33–35.
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