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(Kelly of the Clue Crew demonstrates.) Dropping a penny into an already full glass of water doesn't cause it to spill because this elastic property at the rim contains the displaced volume surface tension $1,600 DJ SCIENCE 2018-05-22 #7767
(Kelly of the Clue Crew experiments with water and a paper clip.) Drop a paper clip into water, it sinks; drop it onto a paper towel, & because of the attraction of molecules of the same substance, called cohesion, this condition is created that seems to form a skin, allowing it tofloat surface tension $2,000 DJ SCIENCE CLASS 2007-04-02 #5201
2-word phrase for the property that allows the effect seen here: surface tension DD $1,100 J SCIENCE CLASS 1997-11-04 #3032
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