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Gre4nikov [31]
3 years ago
10

What causes surface tension in water?

Biology
1 answer:
bazaltina [42]3 years ago
8 0

The property of the surface of a liquid that allows it to resist an external force, due to the cohesive nature of its molecules. The cohesive forces between liquid molecules are responsible for the phenomenon known as surface tension.

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