What is the unit of parachor?

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2026-05-02 16:41

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Sugden defined in 1924 parachor as (surface tension in mN/m)^(1/4).(molar volume in cm^3/mol). This definition is used up to now and it results in usual parachor values of the order of magnitude of 100. Therefore, parachor is a derived quantity like any other and its unit is (mN/m)^(1/4).cm^3/mol. This unit is so bizare in the light of usual experience that most authors do not dare give it in their texts and prefer not to give any unit. Owing to this fact, there has arisen the mistaken impression that the parachor has no unit.

S. Sugden, J. Chem. Soc. Trans. 125 (1924) 1167--1177, from contemporary literature see

M. Souckova et al. J. Chem. Thermodynamics 83 (2015) 52-60

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