The surface tension was investigated with a differential capillary rise method in the temperature range from 273 to 373 K for diethyl carbonate, 278 to 373 K for 1,2-dimethoxyethane, and 293 to 373 K for diethyl adipate, respectively. The uncertainties of the temperature and surface tension were estimated to be within +/- 10 mK and +/- 0.2 mN m(-1), respectively. A surface tension correlation was developed as a function of temperature with the experimental data, and the average absolute deviations were 0.04, 0.07 and 0.09 mN m(-1) for diethyl carbonate, 1,2-dimethoxyethane and diethyl adipate, respectively. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.