Table 1.
Alkane and alkanol interfacial and surface tensions against water or air. Micropipette aspiration technique results are shown in bold letters. Data are at 20 °C, except, micropipette aspiration technique results (23 °C), γOW of Decane (24.5 °C), and both 1-Hexanol interfacial tensions (25 °C). The literature data is obtained from [91,92].
| Alkane |
Alkane-Water
γOW (mN/m) |
Alkane-Air
γOA (mN/m) |
| Hexane (C6) | 51.1 | 18.4 |
| Octane (C8) | 50.8 | 21.6 |
| Decane (C10) | 51.2 (52.0) | 23.6 (23.8) |
| Alkanol |
Alkanol-Water
γOW (mN/m) |
Alkanol-Air
γOA (mN/m) |
| 1-Hexanol (C6) | 6.8 | 25.8 |
| 1-Octanol (C8) | 8.52 | 27.5 |
| 1-decanol (C10) | 8.97 | 28.9 |