DEPENDENCE OF INTERFACIAL ENERGY OF ALKALI METALS BOUNDING TO HEXANE ON ORIENTATION AND ATOMIC NUMBER OF ELEMENT

Abstract

The method to calculate the interfacial energy on the boundary with non-polar organic liquids has been developed within the electron-statistical theory. The dependence of interfacial energy of faces of alkali metal crystals bounding to hexane on the atomic number of the element has been obtained. The anisotropy of the interfacial energy has been found.

Keywords

• interfacial energy
• lithium
• sodium
• potassium
• rubidium
• cesium
• atomic number
• electron- statistical theory