Estimation of surface tension of ternary liquid systems by corresponding-states group-contributions method and Flory theory

For the first time two-body interaction coefficients between any two molecules are considered to be non-identical. On this basis, various expressions involved in Flory theory have been deduced, and then utilized to compute surface tension of three ternary liquid mixtures. Prior to this, corresponding-states group-contributions method for the first time has been extended to three ternary liquid mixtures, viz. n-pentane + n-hexane + benzene, cyclohexane + n-heptane + toluene, 2,2,4-trimethyl pentane + cyclohexane + decane and some binary mixtures at 298.15 K. On comparing the computed values of surface tension by the present two approaches with experimental data, quite satisfactory results have been observed.