10.2b)explain why the water ona clean glass surface tends to spread out while mercury on the same surface tends to form drops.(put differntly,water wet glass while mercury does not)
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12th January 2013,
11:09 PM
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Mercury molecules (which make an obtuse angle with glass) have a strong force of attraction between themselves and a weak force of attraction toward solids. Hence, they tend to form drops.
On the other hand, water molecules make acute angles with glass. They have a weak force of attraction between themselves and a strong force of attraction toward solids. Hence, they tend to spread out.
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