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Table 3 Variation trend of surface tension (mN/m) of several vegetable oils with temperatures between 20 ℃ and 200 ℃

From: Vegetable Oil-Based Nanolubricants in Machining: From Physicochemical Properties to Application

Temperature (℃)

Surface tension (mN/m)

Rapeseed oil

Corn oil

Palm oil

Sunflower oil

Soybean oil

20

33.8

33.8

‒

34.0

33.9

40

32.0

32.2

31.5

32.3

32.2

60

30.5

30.6

30.0

30.7

30.6

80

29.0

29.1

28.5

29.2

29.1

100

27.5

27.6

27.1

27.7

27.6

120

26.0

26.1

25.7

26.3

26.1

140

24.5

24.6

24.4

24.8

24.7

160

23.1

23.2

23.0

23.0

23.2

180

21.7

21.8

21.6

21.6

21.8

200

20.3

20.4

‒

20.2

20.4