摘要
We report a direct measurement of the imaginary part of the surface tension of water through a dynamic scheme using a thin vertical glass fiber of diameter of 3 tun with one end glued onto a cantilever beam and the other end touching a water-air interface. The frequency dependence of the dissipation factor experienced by the glass fiber is exactly calculated through measuring the phase delay with various frequencies when the glass fiber is forced to oscillate vertically. We find the same intercept at the dissipation factor axis for different frequency dependences of the dissipation factor for different depths by which the glass fiber is dipped into water. This nonzero dissipation factor at zero frequency presents direct evidence of the existence of the imaginary part of surface tension of water and yields a complex surface tension of water σ^＊ = 0.073 ＋ i（0.017 ± 0.002） N/m at room temperature.
We report a direct measurement of the imaginary part of the surface tension of water through a dynamic scheme using a thin vertical glass fiber of diameter of 3 tun with one end glued onto a cantilever beam and the other end touching a water-air interface. The frequency dependence of the dissipation factor experienced by the glass fiber is exactly calculated through measuring the phase delay with various frequencies when the glass fiber is forced to oscillate vertically. We find the same intercept at the dissipation factor axis for different frequency dependences of the dissipation factor for different depths by which the glass fiber is dipped into water. This nonzero dissipation factor at zero frequency presents direct evidence of the existence of the imaginary part of surface tension of water and yields a complex surface tension of water σ^＊ = 0.073 ＋ i（0.017 ± 0.002） N/m at room temperature.
基金
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grand Nos 10974259, 11274391 and 11104357, the Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province under Grand No 2012B060100003, and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities under Grand Nos 121gpy36 and 091gpy29.
