Surface Tension

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Surface Tension

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To keep it really simple, talking about water, all the water molecules have a particular geometry that causes them to pull each other due to electromagnetism.

This pull holds the molecules together with a certain force, so anything that doesn’t exceed that force won’t break the surface.

It’s like a really flimsy sheet.

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