drop Of liquid

Classical Mechanics Level 1

A drop of liquid assumes spherical shape because of.

viscosity gravitation surface tension density

Pratik Raj by Pratik Raj , 22, India

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The surface tension ensures that the surface area of the liquid is minimum. This gives the water droplet a spherical shape since it minimises the surface area for a specific volume

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You say that the surface tension minimizes the surface area and forces the water droplet to be a sphere. However the diagram is clearly not a sphere?

Chris Beckerelg - 6 years, 8 months ago
Satyabrata Dash
Mar 20, 2016

The water droplet gains a spherical shape so that it's surface area gets minimised , this is due to the cohesive forces present on the surface layer of the water droplet or even simply the surface tension on the surface of the water droplet helps in keeping the surface area minimum , thus, giving it a spherical shape.

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