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Experimental data on the surface tension of liquid silicon are analyzed. The effect of oxygen and other impurities is discussed. A large body of data is statistically processed. The expression σ = 0.82–0.3 × 10−3 (T − 1685) (J/m2) is recommended for the surface tension as a function of temperature in the range from 1685 to 1830 K.
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Translated from Teoreticheskie Osnovy Khimicheskoi Tekhnologii, Vol. 38, No. 6, 2004, pp. 699–707.
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Shishkin, A.V., Basin, A.S. Surface tension of liquid silicon. Theor Found Chem Eng 38, 660–668 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11236-005-0043-2
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