I noticed earlier today that water sticks very well to ice, just as well as it sticks to other water.
It made me wonder whether it's called cohesion or adhesion when water molecules "stick" to ice molecules.
My guess would be that it's still called cohesion, but I'm not entirely sure.
2006-07-01 10:34:23 · 2 answers · asked by joecoolug 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
It's still the same substance, that's why I think it would still be called the same.
2006-07-01 10:36:21 · update #1
It is due to cohesion, but is sort of a special exception to the rule. Technically cohesion is the attraction intermolecularly (within a molecule) and water has a special attraction between molecules which forms a type of cohesion called Hydrogen Bonding. This is explained further by the Cohesion-tension theory, explained in the reference below.
2006-07-01 16:48:40 · answer #1 · answered by pestkaj 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it has to do with the hydrogen bonds that water forms. Water has remarkably strong bonds.
2006-07-01 11:18:42 · answer #2 · answered by Goose 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋