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Journal papers
Agrawal, D. C. and V. J. Menon (1984), "An experiment on surface tension using a double capillary method," AJP 52, 472.
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Behroozi, F. (2012), "Determination of contact angle from the maximum height of enlarged drops on solid surfaces," Am. J. Phys. 80 (4), 284 - 8.
Behroozi, F. and P. S. Behroozi (2019), "Reliable determination of contact angle from the height and volume of sessile drops," Am. J. Phys. 87 (1), 28 - 32.
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Mason, E. A. (1966), "Estimate of molecular sizes and Avogadro's number from surface tension," AJP 34, 1193.
Menon, V. J. and D. C. Agrawal (1987), "Newton's law of motion for variable mass systems applied to capillarity," AJP 55, 63-67.
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Pellicer, J., V. Garcia-Morales, L. Guanter, M. J. Hernandez, and M. Dolz (2002), "On the experimental values of the water surface tension used in some textbooks," Am. J. Phys. 70 (7), 705-9.
Penner, A. R. (2000), "Suspension of a disk on a surface of water," Am. J. Phys. 68 (6), 549-51.
Roman, F. L., J. Faro, and S. Velasco (2001), "A simple experiment for measuring the surface tension of soap solutions," Am. J. Phys. 69 (8), 920-1.
de la Madrid, R., T. Whitehead, and G. M. Irwin (2015), "Comparison of the lateral retention forces on sessile and pendant water drops on a solid surface," Am. J. Phys. 83 (6), 531 - 8.
Dilmohamud, B. A., J. Seeneevassen, S. D. D. V. Rughooputh, and P. Ramasami (2005), "Surface tension and related thermodynamic parameters of alcohols using the traube stalagmometer," Eur. J. Phys. 26 (6), 1079-84.
Guyon, E., J. Prost, C. Betrencourt, C. Boulet, and B. Volochine (1982), "Attention aux tensions superficielles!," EJP 3, 159-168.
Haselwimmer, R. K. W. (1992), "The formation of Ditchev's rings," EJP 13, 145-151.
Maroto, J. A., F. J. de las Nieves, and M. Quesada-Perez (2004), "The approximate determination of the critical temperature of a liquid by measuring surface tension versus the temperature," Eur. J. Phys. 25 (2), 297-301.
Martin, A. S., S. J. Lawrence, D. A. Rollett, and J. R. Sambles (1993), "Measurement of a Langmuir monomolecular pressure-area compression isotherm using laser light diffracted from surface capillary waves," EJP 14, 19-22.
Rendevski, S. J. (2006), "Redoing Dempsey's work in a modern way," Eur. J. Phys. 27 (3), 515-20.
Meseguer, J., A. Sanz-Andres, I. Perez-Grande, S. Pindado, S. Franchini, and G. Alonso (2014), "Surface tension and microgravity," Eur. J. Phys. (UK) 35 (5), 055010 (20 pp.) .
Nikolic, D. and L. Nesic (2012), "Determination of surface tension coefficient of liquids by diffraction of light on capillary waves," Eur. J. Phys. (UK) 33 (6), 1677 - 85.
Riba, J. -R. and B. Esteban (2014), "A simple laboratory experiment to measure the surface tension of a liquid in contact with air," Eur. J. Phys. (UK) 35 (5), 055003 (11 pp.).
Roura, P. (2007), "Contact angle in thick capillaries: a derivation based on energy balance," Eur. J. Phys. (UK) 28 (4), L27 - L32 -.
Tang, L., G. Liu, J. Qian, Q. Sun, and C. Zhang (2016), "Discussion on the measurement of the surface tension coefficient by the pull-off method," Eur. J. Phys. (UK) 37 (2), 025801 (10 pp.) .
Wang, X. and R. Zhu (2010), "A method to calculate the surface tension of a cylindrical droplet," Eur. J. Phys. (UK) 31 (1), 79 - 87.
Zhu, R., S. Cui, and X. Wang (2010), "Theoretical foundation of Zisman's empirical equation for wetting of liquids on solid surfaces," Eur. J. Phys. (UK) 31 (2), 251 - 6.
De Greer, R. and B. G. Eaton (1977), "Surface tension experiment revived [student laboratory experiment]," Phys. Teach. 15 (2), 104-5.
Greenslade, T. B., Jr. (1992), "Capillary phenomena: nineteenth century textbook illustrations - LIII," PT 30, 300.
Hoyt, G. D. (1975), "Experiment on surface tension and pressure of a balloon [simulation of eyeball tension measurement]," Phys. Teach. 13 (6), 355.
Champion, J. A. (1981), "Soldering and surface tension," PE 16, 98-100.
Daniel, M. F. and G. W. Smith (1983), "Langmuir-Blodgett films," PE 18, 266-269.
Gaglardi, K. (1980), "Surface tension," PE 15, 155.
Howie, F. H. (1982), "A basic surface tension apparatus for educational purposes," PE 17, 274-277.
Ivanov, D. and S. Nikolov (2019), "Molecular engine boat," Phys. Educ. (UK) 54 (4), 045006 (5 pp.) .
Maity, S., P. Panchadhyayee, B. B. Das, and S. M. Hossain (2019), "Capillary rise of water: impact of the submerged portion of capillary tube," Phys. Educ. (UK) 54 (3), 035005 (6 pp.).