Solution

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Over the plotted range, approximate the surface tension by with constant positive , and take . A reversible adiabat has
Integrating gives
The arbitrary fixed reference temperature makes the logarithm dimensionless; changing it only shifts the integration constant. This is the dimensionally precise version of writing as constant. Each term has units of entropy. Between two states,
If the graph had substantial curvature, the entropy differential would still hold, but this particular constant- exponential would no longer follow.

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