Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Beads of water

As I was taking a shower, I noticed that the water that had splashed onto my plastic curtain had formed beads on it, instead of just slipping down the curtain. This is due to water's surface tension. Surface tension was helping the water resist the force of gravity, therefore the water attaches itself to the curtain in the form of a sphere.

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