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Topic: Surface Tension

Related:
  Tension    Surface  
  Surface Area    Surface Mount  
  Surface Finish    Solid Surface  
  Tension Headache    Surface Area of a Sphere  
  Solid Surface Countertops    Surface tech surf  
  Hubble surface titan  

 
 
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Favorite possession(s):Gas oven,  Vacuum cleaner
People talk about their ..:Body Odour
Dream job(s):Janitor
Favorite body part(s):Lungs
Favorite food(s):Anything with salt
Favorite animal(s):Goldfish
Interest(s):Chemistry,  Physics
Favorite great thinker(s):Gabriel Fahrenheit,  Archimedes,  Ampere
Favorite drink(s):Tea
Medical note(s):Produces Anthrax in their basement
Worst habit(s):Belching,  Farting in public,  Drinking
Favorite quote(s):"Fill what's empty , empty what's full, and scratch where it itches." - the Duchess of Windsor, when asked what is the secret of a long and happy life
 
 
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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant

Viscosity and surface tension testing based on simulated field application after 5 minutes of mechanical agitation.
Miles Rhodes,
Wine Taster

Textures are built up utilizing the surface tensions of acrylic paints, splashed or spattered.
Aeration is also used to break up the water surface tension allowing an efficient exchanges of gases with the atmosphere.
Liquid Ink mimics the viscosity and surface tension of a thick, gluey medium like ink.
Sarah Kennedy,
Fashion Model

Surface tension is a property characteristic of liquids, by which the surface behaves as if it were covered with an elastic stretched skin.
Answer: The surface tension of the plated fabric is relatively high causing water to bead up and initially present a hydrophobic surface.
Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder

The surface tension of chlorinated solvents with respect to water has significant impact on the manner in which chlorinated solvents penetrate the capillary fringe zone and then migrate through the saturated zone.
Jake Farley,
Truck Driver

Surface tension happens when the water molecules on the bottom are pulling and tugging on the water molecules on top, as though to try and pull them down under with them.
Billie Kirgan,
Machinist

While surface tension and viscosity slows down liquid water, nothing holds back gases like water vapor and radon.
Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist

Surface tension is due to the fact that the molecules of the liquid at the surface have fewer neighbors than the molecules beneath the surface.
Reduces the surface tension of fluids with which it is taken along with body fluids helping the transfer of nutrients into cells and wastes out of cells.
These surface eggs mean that the oxygen tension of the water does not effect development of the eggs, a case which is also seen to so extent in the larvae.
 
 
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