Why is water wet?

Answer 1

The Wettability of a liquid is a formal term defined by the Contact Angle between the drop of the liquid and the surface of contact. In intuitive terms, this Wettability is how easy one liquid can penetrate the surface that it touches.

There are several factors associated with the Wettability, particularly Surface Tension and Polarity.

The water has certain Wettability, however, there are other liquids that can wet more than water. You can increase the Wettability of water by decreasing its Surface Tension, for example by adding the active agent of a soap (a surfactant).

Answer 2

Water=liquid=wet

Answer 3

The exact answer is:----------------
You might know about forces of cohesion& forces of adhesion.
Cohesion means the attractive force between the like molecules.
While Adhesion means the attractive force between the molecules of different substances.
Now if Cohesion force is more than the adhesion force, then it will not wet the other substance(for example Mercury does not wet the glass or even our hands )
If Adhesion force is more than the cohesion force, it will wet the other substance. In case of water.....the water molecules have attractive forces. But when placed in a cup, some water molecules stick to the surface of that cup due to more adhesive force( means the attractive force between water molecules and cup is more so water wet that cup.).............Hope you will find it easy now.

Answer 4

Because its molecules are loosely attached to each other, as in almost every liquid.
Therefore some molecules remain attached to the surface of the objects introduced in it, including our skin.
Which means they are more attracted to the foreign object than to the other water molecules.
Except, to get wet the object has to break the surface tension of the water. Some insects can actually walk over the water without getting wet, because their weight cannot overcome the surface tension of the water.

Answer 5

Water isn't wet. Wetness is a description of our experience of water; what happens to us when we come into contact with water in such a way that it impinges on our state of being. We, or our possessions, 'get wet'. A less impinging sense experience of water is that it is cold or warm, while visual experience tells us that it is green or blue or muddy or fast-flowing. We learn by experience that a sensation of wetness is associated with water: 'there must be a leak/I must have sat in something.'

Answer 6

Wet is just a word we use to describe the sensation/interaction of water on substances/materials.

Answer 7

Water is not wet but a material which absorbed water or covered in water is

Answer 8

Wetness is a sensation.

Water is very small molecules made up of H2O.

That is why you can't squash water

Answer 9

Water is wet because our minds are not focused eneugh to make it into a solid, thust it is in a luquid states, and we judge this by the way the particles move, then we call it "wet"(even though it is just a word) because it makes its state, looks, and feel.

Answer 10

If you're referring to why is it a liquid, that's because there is a certian amount of energy that is needed to change substances from phase to phase.

For water, in the "room temperature" range, that's enough energy to melt from Ice to water, but not enough to evaporate into steam.

Hope that helps,
Matt