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damaskus [11]
3 years ago
11

Can someone please describe surface tension to me. Please don't give me the dictionary definition. Thank you

Physics
1 answer:
11111nata11111 [884]3 years ago
6 0


Surface tension - My definition -

It's exactly what it says - The tension of a surface with a liquid (such as water), caused by the attraction of the surfaces layer ---- I hope this helps ---- I actually did research it and got some of this from a dictionary, but I changed some of it, too.... Sorry if this doesn't help :)

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