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3 years ago

What does surface tension mean?

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Volgvan3 years ago

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Surface tension, property of a liquid surface displayed by its acting as if it were a stretched elastic membrane. This phenomenon can be observed in the nearly spherical shape of small drops of liquids and of soap bubbles. Because of this property, certain insects can stand on the surface of water.

expeople1 [14]3 years ago

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Answer:

Surface tension is the tendency of liquid surfaces at rest to shrink into the minimum surface area possible. Surface tension is what allows objects with a higher density than water such as razor blades and insects (e.g. water striders) to float on a water surface without becoming even partly submerged.

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$k=Aexp(-Ea/RT)\\$

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taking natural log of both side

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$ln\frac{k_2}{k_1} =\frac{Ea_1-Ea_2}{RT}$

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