Table 1: Literature values of spreading coefficient .

Oil (K) (mN m−1) Authors n-heptane 298.15 +1.2 to +2.3 Pinho and Alves [11] 298.15 −5.3 to −5.9 Pinho and Alves [11] 303.15 −2.6 Hassan and Robinson [12] n-dodecane 298.15 +3.7 Oliveira et al. [13] ? +8.7 Wei and Liu [14] 298.15 +0.6 Rols et al. [15] n-hexadecane 303.15 −9.3 Hassan and Robinson [12]