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Why does water make a spherical shape on wax paper instead of spreading out flat?
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The reason why water makes a (more or less) spherical shape on wax paper rather than just spreading out into a thin layer, is that water has a greater attraction to itself, than it does to wax paper. Water's self-attracting property is known as surface tension.
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Surface tension attracts water molecules inward.
Why does water form a spherical shape wax paper instead of spreading out flat?
Surface tension attracts water molecules inward.
Why does water form a spherical shape on wax paper-instead of spreading out flat?
Surface tension attracts water molecules inward.
Why does water form spherical shape on wax paper instead of spreading out flat?
Surface tension attracts water molecules inward.
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Surface tension attracts water molecules inward.
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two things. surface tension and gravity. surface tension is the molecular bond of the water binding the molecules together on the surface of the droplet, preventing them from spreading out. The addition of a solute (like soap) to the water can break these bonds causing it to spread. Also the gravity of the water molecules acting on one another want to form a spherical shape, where the molecules on the surface of the droplet will be equidistant from the center of gravity of the droplet. The water droplet is too small for the force of earth's gravity to overcome the surface tension, therefore becoming more negligible as the droplets become smaller. The wax in the wax paper prevents the paper from absorbing the water.
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