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Surface Tension                  My problem was to find out how to test or measure surface tension. I think the reason of some of the force in surface tension is cohesion and gravity. Surface Tension is the condition existing at the free surface of a liquid, resembling the properties of an elastic skin under tension. The tension is the result of intermolecular forces exerting an unbalanced inward pull on the individual surface molecules; this is reflected in …

…pattern of distribution of atoms, molecules, and ions, which in turn depends on the state of equilibrium (or lack of it) of the atomic particles. In many organic compounds, which form molecular crystals, for example, the atoms are bound strongly into molecules, but the molecules are bound weakly to each other. Bibliography: Microsoft Encarta 95 1994 Funk & Wagnall's Corporation Encyclopedia Britannica 1988 vol.11 15th Edition Encyclopædia                           Britannica, Inc. Compton's Encyclopedia 1988 vol.22 Edition Encyclopædia                           Britannica, Inc.