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Why liquids drops are spherical?

Updated: 8/10/2023
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14y ago

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If the drop is small enough, it is a perfect sphere. A sphere is the geometrical shape that
has the smallest surface area for its volume. The drop takes this shape because water
molecules tend to stick to each other. So, when not confined by a container, and with
nothing around it to distort its shape, a very tiny water drop is perfectly round like a
ball because the water molecules are pulling inward toward each other.

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For a fixed volume, a sphere is the shape with the lowest surface area to volume ratio. Surface tension is minimized when the drop forms a sphere, and molecules always tend toward the position which minimizes energy.

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for minimum potential energy.... for minimum potential energy....

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liquid drops are spherical coz the cohesion between their molecules pulls them into the shape of the least possible surface area which is a sphere in air

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surface tension

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