Why does water form droplets?
Chemistry For Your Life
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How to Make a Paperclip Stick to Water
The strength of the intermolecular forces are drastically different enough. One is so much stronger that the other one is just not at all significant. To be able to have any, to put a dent in the cohesion of the water. That's perfect. So you got it. Now you know why water forms droplets and why sometimes it soaks up and sometimes it rolls off. It'd be so cool to see a paperclip just sticking on top of some water. We should probably try video and see.
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