young558
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  • 21-10-2020
  • Mathematics
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Explain why water wet glass but mercury does not
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florencelea
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  • 21-10-2020
When liquid water is confined in a tube, its surface (meniscus) has a concave shape because water wets the surface and creeps up the side. Mercury does not wet glass - the cohesive forces within the drops are stronger than the adhesive forces between the drops and glass.
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