Surface Tension: Walking on Water

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The cohesive forces between the molecules of a liquid force the surface to contract to the smallest possible area. This makes the surface of the liquid behave like a membrane, so that light objects like leaves or insects can float. Surface tension explains the almost perfectly spherical form of falling drops.

Contributed by: Enrique Zeleny (March 2011)
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA


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