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AP EAMCET · PHYSICS · Mechanical Properties of Fluids

What causes the free surface of a liquid to have minimum area?

  1. A Viscosity
  2. B Surface tension
  3. C Diffusion
  4. D Pressure
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(B) Surface tension

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The cohesive forces between liquid molecules are responsible for the phenomenon known as surface tension. The molecules at the surface of a glass of water do not have other water molecules on all sides of them and consequently they cohere more strongly to those directly…