Properties of a substance such as vapor pressure and surface tension depend on electrical forces between particles, as given by Coulomb's law.
The vapor pressure refers to how easily a liquid converts to gas while surface tension is the force that makes a liquid surface act as a stretched elastic skin.
Both vapor pressure and surface tension has a lot to do with the degree of polarity in a molecule. Usually, polar molecules have a low vapor pressure and high surface tension due to a high electrical forces between particles, as given by Coulomb's law.
