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A measure of the "tension force" -how difficult it is to stretch or break the surface of a liquid. A property, due to attractive intermolecular forces (unbalanced molecular cohesive forces at or near the surface), which exists in the surface film of all liquids that tends to draw the surface molecules into the bulk of the liquid and causes the contained volume to have a shape of the least surface area. ...
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