A few days ago
how does soap affect the surface tension of water?
please answer!!!
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It decreases it. Haven’t you heard that soap commercial that says it makes water wetter. What it means it makes water less able to cling to itself which is what surface tension is. Put a drop of water on a hard surface. Then with a toothpick that you dipped in detergent touch it. The water droplet will collapse. Compare that with a toothpick that you didn’t dip in detergent.
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A few days ago
soap breaks the water’s surface tension barrier. if you had a cup of water that is rounded or bubbled looking over the top it would be just fine if it sat there, but the minute you add soap to it, it will break the surface tension down and the bubbled looking part of the water will spill over.
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A few days ago
It creates a film that disrupts surface tension
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A few days ago
It decreases the surface tension.
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A few days ago
it adds different compounds affecting the hydrogen bonds…
….did lab on it on friday in biology
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A few days ago
decrease
that’s why there are bubbles
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