0
Water is made up of 2 hydrogen molecules and one oxygen molecule. It's chemical name is dihyrogen monoxide.
The overall compound has no charge, positive or negative, but at an atomic level the parts of the molecule have a slight charge. Hydrogen slightly positive, oxygen slightly negative. Think of it as the Disney Mickey Mouse symbol! Uniquely in water, these slight changes attract the opposing charged molecule in another compound. So the negative oxygen atom of one water molecule attract a positive hydrogen atom of another molecule.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/3D_model_hydrogen_bonds_in_water.jpg
These bonds give water molecules a bond with each other. It's why water beads together on glass. This bond can be broker very easily, eg by putting your hand in water. But if you are a very small insect, there will be enough of this "Surface Tension" force to support your weight.
Wiki User
∙ 15y ago
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Define and explain the concept of rigid body?
The relative position of the points on any object will not change at any application of force, then it is called rigid body. The relative position of the points on any object will not change at any application of force, then it is called rigid body.
Is it illegal to explain sex over the internet?
i think it depends on WHERE you explain it and WHO you explain it to.
What is computer and explain its characteristics?
list and explain some important characteristics of a computer?
Explain data model?
Explain data model?
What are the different types of computing and explain them?
explain various categories of computing environment
Can you explain surface tension?
it's attraction force that attract the surface of fluid toward under
Is the force called tension?
No, but force can result in tension.
What are two types of elastic forces?
compression and tension Compression is a squeezing force, while tension is a pulling force.
What is the force tension?
When a force is applied on a string, a restoring force is developed in it in opposite direction of external force.This restoring force of string is tension.
What is the difference between torsion force and tension force?
if the force twists an obect, it is called torsion and if the force that stretches an object is called tension.
How can you explain surface tension?
it's attraction force that attract the surface of fluid toward under
Is tension and compression a force?
Yes.They are force.
Is elastic force a contact force or a non- contact force?
A spring force is a contact force not a non-contact force.
How tension in string is nonconservative force?
No, the force in tension of a string is not conservative. The only non-conservative force acting is the tension force, but it acts perpendicular to the path of the object at every instant, and so it does zero work.
Explain the meaning of the phrase forces act on objects?
When a "force[s] act on an object" it is discussing how a force is influencing an object. For example: A box that is being held up stationary in the air with a rope has force acting on it. There is the force of gravity, which wants to push the box downward. There is also the tension force, which is the rope that is holding the box up and keeping it in the air. Since the box is stationary, both the tension force and the force of gravity must cancel out.
Is the inward force among the molecules of a liquid?
The inward force among the molecules of a liquid is Surface Tension
What is stretching force?
Tension
