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Water forms hydrogen bonds, which gives it a strong surface tension.
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What property's of water gives it a strong surface?
Water forms hydrogen bonds, which gives it a strong surface tension.
What property of water gives rise to capillary action?
Cohesion force among the molecules of water allows for capillary action in plants.
What attraction is important to water striders?
Surface tension is important to water striders because surface tension gives them the ability to float and not sink and drown.
How would you expect the surface tension of water to be affected by increasing temperature?
surface tension of water is affected by temperature as it starts to evaporate when there is hot temperature but due to unnatural medium its surface starts to freeze when the temperature outside is cold,so this gives the reason that surface tension of water is affected by temperature.
What is the tendency of water molecules to stick to molecules of another substance?
The ability of water molecules to stick to one another is due to cohesion. Cohesion is what gives rise to properties such as surface tension.
What element causes surface tension in a water molecule?
Both the elements in water contribute to the surface tension. It is the difference in electronegativity values that causes such strong intermolecular forces. (Electronegativity is the strength of an elements pull on electrons). Since each H-O bond is polar (i.e. one end is positive and one end is negative), the overall molecule H-O-H is slightly -ve, middle and slightly +ve ends. This gives the water molecules the ability to "stick" together strongly. Leading to high surface tension. (Previous answer was simply "Hydrogen")
What makes water have surface tension?
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
What is the length X width of a rectangle?
That gives you the surface area.That gives you the surface area.That gives you the surface area.That gives you the surface area.
Relation between surface tension and Surface energy?
2pie r T cos theta = pie r2(r squared)h rho g which gives............ T = 1/2 rho grh if r is small if r is not small,,put h=h+r/3 :D
How does surface tension force the water surface of water to curve?
Gravity and surface tension forces on the water causing water to curve.
What do poured concrete cages do?
They for strength for concrete structures. Concrete, like masonry, is strong in compression (forces downward on it) but not in tension (stretched out). Therefore the steel gives the concrete tensile strength.
What is the difference between cohesion adhesion and surface tension?
well Cohesion- water molecules are attracted to other water molecules. The oxygen end of water has a negative charge and the hydrogen end has a positive charge. The hydrogens of one water molecule are attracted to the oxygen form other water molecules.This attractive force is what gives water its cohesice properties. And Surface tension- Surface tension is the name we give to the cohesion of water molecules at the furface of a body of water. The cohesion of water molecules forms a surface "film" or "skin ." Some substances may reduce the cohesive force of water, which will reduce the strength of the surface "skin of the water
