A new alternative is presented for activity coefficients at infinite dilution determination via surface tension data of low vapour pressure substances. It was found that experimental data for surfactants follows Volmer's surface equation of state behaviour over the diluted region until the critical micelle concentration. The key operations are: the choice of the same standard conditions for the bulk and the surface phases, the combination of Gibbs and Volmer equations and the use of the symmetric activity coefficients convention. An exact relation between the activity coefficient at infinite dilution and the reciprocal of the critical micelle mole fraction was found which allowed us the verification of the model. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.