Using the Brock and Bird relation and the Flory statistical theory, the sur
face tension of five binary mixtures of 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane with benz
ene, toluene, p-xylene, acetone and cyclohexane have been evaluated at 298.
15 K. The values of surface tension thus obtained have been utilized to com
pute ultrasonic velocity via the Auerbach relation. Theoretical values have
been compared with experimental data and deviations in the ultrasonic velo
city have been interpreted in terms of intermolecular interactions.