liquid drop

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shape of drops

  • Figure 1: Phase diagram of argon.
    In liquid: Surface tension

    …shape of a volume of liquid is one that has a minimum area—i.e., a sphere. In the Earth’s field this shape is found only for small drops, for which the gravitational forces, since they are proportional to the volume, are negligible compared with surface forces, which are proportional to the…

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surface tension

  • surface tension; soap bubbles
    In surface tension

    >liquid surface displayed by its acting as if it were a stretched elastic membrane. This phenomenon can be observed in the nearly spherical shape of small drops of liquids and of soap bubbles. Because of this property, certain insects can stand on the surface of…

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