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...
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In surface science, a tensiometer is a measuring instrument used to measure the surface tension (γ) of liquids or surfaces. Tensiometers are used in research...
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This is a table of surface tension values for some interfaces at the indicated temperatures. Note that the SI units millinewtons per meter (mN·m−1) are...
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"Surface Tension" is a science fiction short story by American writer James Blish, originally published in the August 1952 of Galaxy Science Fiction....
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Surface tension is one of the areas of interest in biomimetics research. Surface tension forces will only begin to dominate gravitational forces below...
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Black Mesa (video game) (redirect from Surface Tension Uncut)
halted the production of the mod due to health issues. In Surface Tension Uncut, the "Surface Tension" chapter was expanded to include certain areas of the...
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Surfactant (redirect from Surface-Active Agent)
surface tension or interfacial tension between two liquids, a liquid and a gas, or a liquid and a solid. The word "surfactant" is a blend of surface-active...
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Drop (liquid) (section Surface tension)
surface tension. A simple way to form a drop is to allow liquid to flow slowly from the lower end of a vertical tube of small diameter. The surface tension...
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the curve in the upper surface of a liquid close to the surface of the container or another object, produced by surface tension. A concave meniscus occurs...
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Tension is the pulling or stretching force transmitted axially along an object such as a string, rope, chain, rod, truss member, or other object, so as...
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Parachor (section Surface Tension of Binary Mixtures)
Parachor is a quantity related to surface tension that was proposed by S. Sugden in 1924. It is defined according to the formula: P = γ 1 / 4 M / ( ρ...
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central air space. The surface tension acts at the air-water interface and tends to make the bubble smaller (by decreasing the surface area of the interface)...
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Chemical polarity (section Surface tension)
bonds. Polarity underlies a number of physical properties including surface tension, solubility, and melting and boiling points. Not all atoms attract...
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to consider is the surface tension. The proportional relationship between the minimum film boiling temperature and surface tension is to be expected,...
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Gravity wave (redirect from Surface gravity wave)
frequencies between 3 Hz and .03 Hz). Shorter waves are also affected by surface tension and are called gravity–capillary waves and (if hardly influenced by...
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The surface tension of the molten solder helps keep the components in place, and if the solder pad geometries are correctly designed, surface tension automatically...
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The cause is an additional force, the surface tension, which suppresses the growth of bubbles. Surface tension makes the bubble act like an elastic balloon...
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Spray nozzle (section Surface tension)
The surface tension of a liquid tends to assume the smallest possible size, acting as a membrane under tension. Any portion of the liquid surface exerts...
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Based on the contact angle results and knowing the surface tension of the liquids, the surface energy can be calculated. In practice, this analysis...
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patterns develop. Liquids flow from places of lower surface tension to places of higher surface tension. This is called the Marangoni effect. When applying...
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Gibbs isotherm (redirect from Surface Excess)
component in contact with a surface with changes in the surface tension, which results in a corresponding change in surface energy. For a binary system...
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romanized: stálagma, lit. 'drop') is one of the most common methods for measuring surface tension. The principle is to measure the weight of drops of a fluid of interest...
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Third law of thermodynamics (section Surface tension)
converge to zero. That is, its surface tension would become constant at low temperatures.: 87 In particular, the surface tension of 3He is well-approximated...
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Goniometer (category Surface science)
Contact angle goniometers can also determine the surface tension for any liquid in gas or the interfacial tension between any two liquids. If the difference...
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a macroscopic structure such as a water drop. Cohesion allows for surface tension, creating a "solid-like" state upon which light-weight or low-density...
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Mechanism of sonoluminescence (section Surface tension)
oscillations. The Keller–Miksis equation takes into account the viscosity, surface tension, incident sound wave, and acoustic radiation coming from the bubble...
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Xylem (redirect from Cohesion-tension theory)
form in the mesophyll cell wall. The resulting surface tension causes a negative pressure or tension in the xylem that pulls the water from the roots...
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Adhesion (redirect from Adhesive surface forces)
energy, surface energy, and surface tension is very helpful for understanding the physical state and the events that happen at a given surface, but as...
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surface tension to stay afloat. There are two types of animal locomotion on water, determined by the ratio of the animal's weight to the water's surface tension:...
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