I was wondeing if you could tell me what lowers the surface tnsion of water and anything you find on a website could you please list the website thanks so much
2006-12-16 05:36:02 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
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2006-12-16 05:42:33 · update #1
This is the best site I have found so far. http://www.iit.edu/~smile/ch9317.html If you read down the page you will see various material used in the experiments. It appears all sorts of things can lower the surface tension of water. air bubbles, soap, heat.
This is a pretty good site too: http://www.answers.com/topic/surface-tension Go down the page, they have a lot of pictures showing the results of experiments and water tension. Alchohols and surfactants also lower the surface tension of water.
Here is another site that has all sorts of science projects on it: http://www.iit.edu/~smile/cheminde.html
This site discusses the surface tension of water: http://www.ec.gc.ca/water/en/nature/prop/e_surf.htm
This site has some experiments you can do concerning the surface tension of water: http://www.coe.missouri.edu/~pgermann/DiscEvent/Molecular_Forces/Surface_Tension/Surface_Tension_of_Water/surface_tension_of_water.html
This site has the mathematical equation for surface tension of water: http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/SurfaceTension.html
Hope this helps, good luck.
2006-12-24 05:04:46 · answer #1 · answered by Ding-Ding 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
rising gas underneath the water and turbluance can lower it's surface tension. If you put an aerator in a fish tank and a floating ball on the surface and continually push bubbles under it it will sink the ball. They think this might have happened to certain ships in the ocean as large pockets of gases erupted from the ocean floor.
2006-12-16 13:39:59 · answer #2 · answered by travis R 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Detergent will do the trick, it's what's called a 'surfactant'. This is why it is able to clean clothing when mixed with water.
2006-12-16 13:41:17 · answer #3 · answered by tropicalturbodave 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
by using soap
2006-12-16 14:34:20 · answer #4 · answered by mysterious_man 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
heating it does. Molecules are further apart.
2006-12-16 13:38:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
heat mabye....that website might help!
2006-12-16 13:40:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋