Title: Marangoni effect
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - Marangoni effect
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.M03700
Status: current

Definition
Motions of the surface of a liquid are coupled with those of the subsurface fluid or fluids, so that movements of the liquid normally produce stresses in the surface and vice versa. The movement of the surface and of the entrained fluid(s) caused by surface tension gradients is called the Marangoni effect.

Source
- PAC, 1979, 51, 1213. 'Terminology and Symbols in Colloid and Surface Chemistry Part 1.13. Definitions, Terminology and Symbols for Rheological Properties' on page 1218 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac197951051213)

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Citation: Citation: 'Marangoni effect' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.M03700
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