Surface Tension Definition

sûrfəs
noun
A property of liquids in which the exposed surface tends to contract to the smallest possible area because of unequal molecular cohesive forces near the surface: measured by the force per unit of length.
Webster's New World
A measure of this property.
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Other Word Forms of Surface Tension

Noun

Singular:
surface tension
Plural:
surface tensions

Surface Tension Sentence Examples

  • If a drop of water be allowed to form at the extremity of a fine tube, it will go on increasing until its weight overcomes the surface tension by which it clings to the tube, and then it will fall.

  • The surface-tension of mercury is greatly altered by slight changes in the state of the surface.

  • Acting on a principle quite different from any previously discussed is the capillary hydrometer or staktometer of Brewster, which is based upon the difference in the surface tension and density of pure water, and of mixtures of alcohol and water in varying proportions.

  • Hence any impurity which diminishes the surface tension of the water will diminish the size of the drop (unless the density is proportionately diminished).

  • It is possible that a correlation may be made between solubility and the energy of surface tension.

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