Question

After spraying water on a waxed surface, a student notices that the water beads up to form many individual drops rather than being spread out evenly across the surface. what property of water causes it to bead up like this?

Answer 1

Property of water:

Due to the water's ability to stick together (Cohesion), droplets form instead of being spread evenly.  

The strong cohesion between water molecules:  

• Cohesion is defined as the firm attraction between molecules of the same type.
• This characteristic of water is due to hydrogen.
• Water molecules are maintained intact by the strong connections that hydrogen forms with one another.
• Since hydrogen bonds are more attracted to one another than to the wax surface, they tend to bead when sprayed on it.
• Additionally, the surface tension of water is very strong. This indicates that the molecules on the water's surface are not being drawn in by other molecules in the water's interior due to comparable molecules surrounding them on all sides.
• These molecules tightly attach to one another while only slightly adhering to the other medium. These water drops are rounded due to surface tension, which allows them to cover the least amount of surface area.

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