Surface Tension
My problem was to find out how to test or measure surface tension. I think the reason of some of the force in surface tension is cohesion and gravity. Surface Tension is the condition existing at the free surface of a liquid, resembling the properties of an elastic skin under tension. The tension is the result of intermolecular forces exerting an unbalanced inward pull on the individual surface molecules; this is reflected in the considerable curvature at those edges where the liquid is in contact with the wall of a vessel. Because of this property, certain insects can stand on the surface of water. A razor blade can also be supported by the surface tension of water. The razor blade is not floating: if pushed through the surface, it sinks through the water. More specifically, the tension is the force per unit length of any straight line on the liquid surface that the surface layers on the opposite sides of the line exert upon each other. The tendency of any liquid surface is to become as small as possible as a result of this tension, as in the case of mercury, which forms an almost round ball when a small quantity is placed on a horizontal surface. The near-perfect spherical shape of a soap bubble, which is the result of the distribution of tension on the thin film of soap, is another example of this force; surface tension alone can support a needle placed horizontally on a water surface.
Surface tension depends mainly upon the forces attraction between the particles within the given liquid and also upon the gas, solid, or liquid in contact with it. The molecules in a drop of water, for example, attract each other weakly. Water molecules well inside the drop may be thought of as being attracted equally in all directions by the surrounding molecules. However if surface molecules could be displaced slightly outward from the surface, they would be attracted back by the near by molecules. The energy responsible for the phenomenon of surface tension may be thought of as approximately equilivant to the work or energy required to remove the surface layer of molecules in a unit area. In comparison, organic liquids, such as benzene and alcohol's, have lower surface tensions, whereas mercury has a higher surface tension . An increase in temperature lowers the net force of attraction among molecules and hence decreases surface tension.
Surface tension is also viewed as the result of forces acting in the plane of the surface and tending to minimize its area. On this basis.
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An emulsion is the forcing of substances that would not normally mix. In this experiment, multiple oil-in-water emulsions were performed. An oil-in-water emulsion is when there are little droplets of oil dispersed throughout water. The most common type of emulsion includes fats and water. A temporary emulsion was formed from this experiment. A temporary emulsion has to be shaken or mixed in some form to stay together (later on it will separate). This similar idea is used with salad dressings.
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By definition, soap is a mixture of sodium or potassium salts and long chain organic acids. One example of such a soap is Sodium stearate, NaCH3(CH2)16CO2. As you can see, a soap molecule is long. It has a carboxylate group called the head group which is polar and hydrophilic, or water attracting. The tail end is a fatty acid, which is non-polar and hydrophobic, or water repelling. In this way, soap is unique. One end attracts water while the other end pushes it away.
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Surface Tension: The contractive tendency of a liquid that allows it to resist an external force. This is measured in Newton.
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