What makes water have surface tension?

Answer 1

Surface tension is The attraction of molecules to each other on a liquid's surface? Surface tension of water is the physical property of hydrogen bonding that makes the water molecule. The way that this works is that a water molecule (H2O) is a polar molecule. This is because the oxygen has a much higher electronegative value than the hydrogen. This means that the oxygen gets a lot higher 'share' of the shared electrons than the hydrogen does. This gives oxygen a very high partialnegative charge, and the hydrogen a very high partial positive charge. Because of these high partial charges on each end of the molecule, they are very highly attracted to each other

Answer 2

Cohesive forces between liquid molecules on the surface cause a phenomenon known as surface tension. Due to the lack of surrounding molecules, surface molecules adhere more strongly to another than they would inside a liquid. Surface tension is measured in newtons per meter (N/m) or dyne per centimeter (dyn/cm). The formula to figure surface tension is gamma equals the ratio of the surface force to the distance along which the force acts or gamma = F / d. Variables such as temperature and solution purity can cause F to vary. Pure water at 20 degrees (C) has a surface tension of 72.8 dynes/cm.

Answer 3

Intermolecular forces.

It's not just water that has surface tension; any liquid does, but water has a particularly high surface tension because its intermolecular forces are higher than is typical.

Answer 4

hydrogen bonding!

Answer 5

hydrogen bonds