Is there any substance wetter than water?

Answer 1

yes but it's too rude to tell you

Answer 2

There are many substances with lower surface tension. Water, infact, has a particularly high surface tension. This causes a droplet to stay round rather than "wet" the surface it sits on. Other substances would wet the surface with the same volume. Oil for example. But I think mercury has a higher surface tension and therefore a volume of mercury would stay as a ball while the same volume of water would have wet the surface.

Answer 3

Hydrophilicity can be pictured as a measure of wetness, as an expression of a molecule's polarity, thus determining how wet a substance is through the nature and extent of its intermolecular bonding capacities. Hydrophilicity comes from hydro, meaning water, and phile, meaning affection for. Hence the wetness of a substance refers to the ability of the compound to interact with water. This would give water an index ratio/measure of one. This is because obviously due to the nature of the ubiquitous hydrogen-bonding interactions between water molecules, thus an interaction of water versus water will give it the index ratio of 1, as mentioned above. It is accepted within the scientific community that nothing is more miscible in water than water itself. Again this relates to the nature and extent of the intermolecular bonding capabilities of water to form relatively high strength hydrogen bonds.

The nature and characteristics of these bonds are discussed in terms of polarity. This is in itself a topic which can be discussed at a later date in another question.

Answer 4

Adding soap to water breaks down the surface tension of the water and actually makes it wetter.

Answer 5

"Wet" is not a term with a strict scientific definition, so it's not really an answerable question. I suppose in some sense soapy water might be, since the point of soap is to break the water's surface tension...

Answer 6

ether is much wetter as if you pour 10ml on a flat surface it will flow out to cover a much larger surface area than 10 ml of water.

Answer 7

If you define "wetness" as a low surface tension in a liquid then there are many, the best known would probably be water with a little soap in it.

Answer 8

Surfactants are wetting agents that lower the surface tension of a liquid, allowing easier spreading, and lower the interfacial tension between two liquids.

The term surfactant is a blend of "Surface active agent". Surfactants are usually organic compounds that are amphipathic, meaning they contain both hydrophobic groups (their "tails") and hydrophilic groups (their "heads"). Therefore, they are typically sparingly soluble in both organic solvents and water.

Answer 9

I doubt it. But back in my day, when we were still allowed to dip our hands in a jar of poisonous mercury at school chemistry class, we were amazed that despite the metal being in absolute liquid form, when we took our hands out, it was completely dry - no residue whatsoever.

Answer 10

Yes, there is this product that makes water "wetter" that is added in your car radiator for optimum cooling. I use it in my car.

Answer 11

Define "wetter".