"""Original solution illustration; Python 3.14, NumPy 2.3.5, Matplotlib 3.10.7. Run from the desired output directory; writes the PNG basename to cwd. Dependencies are recorded in the repository's pyproject.toml. """ from pathlib import Path import numpy as np import matplotlib matplotlib.use("Agg") import matplotlib.pyplot as plt from matplotlib.patches import Circle, FancyArrowPatch plt.rcParams.update({"font.size":11,"axes.spines.top":False,"axes.spines.right":False,"figure.facecolor":"white","axes.facecolor":"white","savefig.facecolor":"white"}) BLUE="#245d85";ORANGE="#b9651a";GREEN="#267c5a";GREY="#606975" def save(fig): fig.savefig(Path(__file__).with_suffix(".png").name,dpi=155,bbox_inches="tight",facecolor="white") plt.close(fig) def arrow(ax,a,b,color=BLUE,scale=15,lw=2): ax.add_patch(FancyArrowPatch(a,b,arrowstyle="-|>",mutation_scale=scale,lw=lw,color=color)) from matplotlib.patches import Rectangle def main(): c=np.array([0,.02,.04,.05,.06,.07]);gamma=np.array([72,62.3,52.4,48.5,45.2,42]) fig,axes=plt.subplots(1,2,figsize=(10.6,4.6)) ax=axes[0];ax.plot(c,gamma,"o-",color=BLUE,lw=1.2,label="Data and interpolation");ce=np.linspace(.07,.083,100);ax.plot(ce,42-320*(ce-.07),"--",color=ORANGE,lw=1.7,label="Local extrapolation") ax.axhline(40,color=GREEN,lw=1.2,ls=":");ax.plot(.055,46.85,"s",color=GREEN,ms=6);ax.plot(.07625,40,"o",mfc="white",mec=ORANGE,ms=7) ax.annotate(r"$\gamma(0.055)=46.85$",(.055,46.85),xytext=(.009,41.5),arrowprops={"arrowstyle":"->","color":GREY},fontsize=9) ax.text(.004,37.5,r"Wetting threshold: $40\,\mathrm{mN\,m^{-1}}$",color=GREEN,fontsize=9) ax.set(xlim=(-.002,.086),ylim=(34,76),xlabel=r"Concentration $c$ ($\mathrm{mol\,dm^{-3}}$)",ylabel=r"Surface tension $\gamma$ ($\mathrm{mN\,m^{-1}}$)",title="Interpolation and conditional wetting estimate");ax.legend(frameon=False,fontsize=9) ax=axes[1];x=np.log(c[1:]);ax.plot(x,gamma[1:],"o-",color=BLUE,lw=1.2);slope=(45.2-48.5)/np.log(.06/.05);xx=np.linspace(np.log(.047),np.log(.064),100) ax.plot(xx,48.5+slope*(xx-np.log(.05)),color=ORANGE,lw=2) ax.text(-3.83,44,r"Local slope $\simeq-18.1\,\mathrm{mN\,m^{-1}}$",fontsize=10,color=ORANGE) ax.text(-3.83,40.8,r"$\Sigma\simeq0.23\,\mathrm{nm^2}$ at room temperature",fontsize=10,color=ORANGE) ax.set(xlim=(-4,-2.5),ylim=(38,66),xlabel=r"$\ln[c/(1\,\mathrm{mol\,dm^{-3}})]$",ylabel=r"Surface tension ($\mathrm{mN\,m^{-1}}$)",title="Gibbs slope uses positive concentrations") for ax in axes:ax.grid(alpha=.18) fig.tight_layout(w_pad=2.2);save(fig) if __name__=="__main__":main()