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Grade upto college level General Physics

Surface tnsn of a liq. Is independent of the area of the surface why?

Profile image of aditya kashyap
12 Years agoGrade upto college level
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Profile image of Saurabh Koranglekar
6 Years ago
Surface tension is defined as the force acting per unit length on either side of a imaginary line drawn tangentially on the surface of a liquid.As the force is independent of area of liquid surface taken,so is the surface tension.