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On what the value of surface tension depends ?

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The value of surface tension depend on the temperature.
At critical temperature its value is zero.
Critical temperature of water is `37.4^(@)C`.
Like viscosity surface tension of liquid decreases with temperature.
Surface tension of some liquids at the temperature indicated with the heats of the vaporisation are shown in table below :
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