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The first nonlocal term in the theory of the surface tension of a liquid is derived. The surface energy corresponding to this term is of the order of that corresponding to the local term. The resulting estimate of the surface tension agrees with the parachore rule.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysschikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 7, pp, 81–85, July, 1981.
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Arinshtein, É.A., Shabaeva, N.I. Nonlocal approximations of the theory of the surface tension of a liquid. Soviet Physics Journal 24, 651–654 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00893902
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00893902