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WHEN the available experimental values of the surface tensions of liquid metals are plotted against the reciprocals of the corresponding atomic volumes, the accompanying diagram is obtained. The surface tensions are not known with high accuracy; but it is clear that surface tension is approximately inversely proportional to atomic volume, and that the relationship holds for metals of such widely different types as sodium, bismuth and iron.
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ATTERTON, D., HOAR, T. Surface Tension of Liquid Metals. Nature 167, 602 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/167602a0
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