Experiment involving surface tension for water and alcohol

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Homework Statement
Lets assume I am doing an experiment of measuring surface tension, I have some

alcohol liquid and I measure ##\gamma_m = 37 \frac{dyne}{cm}## but I know that the surface tension of pure alchohol is ##\gamma_a = 22 \frac{dyne}{cm}## and on the other hand surface tension of pure water is ##\gamma_w = 72 \frac{dyne}{cm}## so it easy to conclude that I have mixture of water and alchohol, now I am asking how can I know the percent of alchohol and water in the mixture

Relevant Equations::
Relevant Equations
##\gamma= \frac{F}{L}##
I really have no idea how to approach this question, I was thinking write ##F=mg## but I am not sure if I can write that even though
 
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sagigever said:
Homework Statement:: Let's assume I am doing an experiment of measuring surface tension, I have some
alcohol liquid and I measure ##\gamma_m = 37 \frac{dyne}{cm}## but I know that the surface tension of pure alchohol is ##\gamma_a = 22 \frac{dyne}{cm}## and on the other hand surface tension of pure water is ##\gamma_w = 72 \frac{dyne}{cm}## so it easy to conclude that I have mixture of water and alchohol, now I am asking how can I know the percent of alchohol and water in the mixture
Relevant Equations:: ##\gamma= \frac{F}{L}##

I really have no idea how to approach this question, I was thinking write ##F=mg## but I am not sure if I can write that even though
This might help: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1802.01648.pdf
Or maybe: https://www.imedpub.com/articles/me...he-diffraction-pattern-of-surface-ripples.pdf
 
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sagigever said:
Homework Statement:: Let's assume I am doing an experiment of measuring surface tension, I have some

alcohol liquid and I measure ##\gamma_m = 37 \frac{dyne}{cm}## but I know that the surface tension of pure alchohol is ##\gamma_a = 22 \frac{dyne}{cm}## and on the other hand surface tension of pure water is ##\gamma_w = 72 \frac{dyne}{cm}## so it easy to conclude that I have mixture of water and alchohol, now I am asking how can I know the percent of alchohol and water in the mixture

Relevant Equations::
Relevant Equations:: ##\gamma= \frac{F}{L}##

I really have no idea how to approach this question, I was thinking write ##F=mg## but I am not sure if I can write that even though
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