Also... (this does not happen in water, but the surface tension causes it) the surface tension of water is also responsible for capillary action within the plants
It would appear that the more general question of various organic
molecules
affecting the surface tension of water was something known to the ancient
Greeks and Romans. Pliny the Elder (23-79 AD)...
Fundamentally, intermolecular forces which develop cohesive forces within similar molecules are the root cause of surface tension. The surface tension, interfacial tension, wetting coefficient along...
S.T. is the net force experienced by a imaginary line drawn on liquid surface. OR The liquid have tendency to acquire min. Surface area,this phenomenon is called S.T.