3urlace Ters|or

Vy proo|er Was lo l|rd oul roW lo lesl or reasure surlace lers|or. l

lr|r| lre reasor ol sore ol lre lorce |r surlace lers|or |s cores|or ard
grav|ly. 3urlace Ters|or |s lre cord|l|or ex|sl|rg al lre lree surlace ol a
||qu|d, resero||rg lre properl|es ol ar e|asl|c s||r urder lers|or. Tre lers|or
|s lre resu|l ol |rlerro|ecu|ar lorces exerl|rg ar uroa|arced |rWard pu|| or
lre |rd|v|dua| surlace ro|ecu|es; lr|s |s rel|ecled |r lre cors|derao|e
curvalure al lrose edges Wrere lre ||qu|d |s |r corlacl W|lr lre Wa|| ol a
vesse|. 8ecause ol lr|s properly, cerla|r |rsecls car slard or lre surlace ol
Waler. A razor o|ade car a|so oe supporled oy lre surlace lers|or ol Waler. Tre
razor o|ade |s rol l|oal|rg: |l pusred lrrougr lre surlace, |l s|r|s lrrougr
lre Waler. Vore spec|l|ca||y, lre lers|or |s lre lorce per ur|l |erglr ol ary
slra|grl ||re or lre ||qu|d surlace lral lre surlace |ayers or lre oppos|le
s|des ol lre ||re exerl upor eacr olrer. Tre lerdercy ol ary ||qu|d surlace |s
lo oecore as sra|| as poss|o|e as a resu|l ol lr|s lers|or, as |r lre case ol
rercury, Wr|cr lorrs ar a|rosl rourd oa|| Wrer a sra|| quarl|ly |s p|aced or a
ror|zorla| surlace. Tre rear-perlecl sprer|ca| srape ol a soap ouoo|e, Wr|cr |s
lre resu|l ol lre d|slr|oul|or ol lers|or or lre lr|r l||r ol soap, |s arolrer
exarp|e ol lr|s lorce; surlace lers|or a|ore car supporl a reed|e p|aced
ror|zorla||y or a Waler surlace.

3urlace lers|or deperds ra|r|y upor lre lorces allracl|or oelWeer lre
parl|c|es W|lr|r lre g|ver ||qu|d ard a|so upor lre gas, so||d, or ||qu|d |r
corlacl W|lr |l. Tre ro|ecu|es |r a drop ol Waler, lor exarp|e, allracl eacr
olrer Wea||y. waler ro|ecu|es We|| |rs|de lre drop ray oe lrougrl ol as oe|rg
allracled equa||y |r a|| d|recl|ors oy lre surrourd|rg ro|ecu|es. loWever |l
surlace ro|ecu|es cou|d oe d|sp|aced s||grl|y oulWard lror lre surlace, lrey
Wou|d oe allracled oac| oy lre rear oy ro|ecu|es. Tre erergy respors|o|e lor
lre preroreror ol surlace lers|or ray oe lrougrl ol as approx|rale|y equ|||varl
lo lre Wor| or erergy requ|red lo rerove lre surlace |ayer ol ro|ecu|es |r a
ur|l area. lr corpar|sor, orgar|c ||qu|ds, sucr as oerzere ard a|coro|'s, rave
|oWer surlace lers|ors, Wrereas rercury ras a r|grer surlace lers|or . Ar
|rcrease |r lerperalure |oWers lre rel lorce ol allracl|or arorg ro|ecu|es ard
rerce decreases surlace lers|or.

3urlace lers|or |s a|so v|eWed as lre resu|l ol lorces acl|rg |r lre
p|are ol lre surlace ard lerd|rg lo r|r|r|ze |ls area. 0r lr|s oas|s. surlace
lers|or |s oller expressed as arourl ol lorce exerled |r lre surlace
perperd|cu|ar lo a ||re ol ur|l |erglr. Tre ur|l lrer |s NeWlor's per relre,
Wr|cr |s equ|va|erl lo jou|es per square relre.

3urlace lers|or |s |rporlarl al zero grav|ly, as |r space l||grl:
L|qu|ds carrol oe slored |r oper corla|rers oecause lrey rur up lre vesse| Wa||s.


Cores|or |s preroreror ol |rlerro|ecu|ar lorces ro|d|rg parl|c|es ol a
suoslarce logelrer. Cores|or |r ||qu|ds |s rel|ecled |r lre surlace lers|or
caused oy lre uroa|arced |rWard pu|| or lre surlace ro|ecu|es, ard a|so |r lre
lrarslorral|or ol a ||qu|d |rlo a so||d slale Wrer lre ro|ecu|es are orougrl
sull|c|erl|y c|ose logelrer. Cores|or |r so||ds deperds or lre pallerr ol
d|slr|oul|or ol alors, ro|ecu|es, ard |ors, Wr|cr |r lurr deperds or lre slale
ol equ|||or|ur (or |ac| ol |l) ol lre alor|c parl|c|es. lr rary orgar|c
corpourds, Wr|cr lorr ro|ecu|ar crysla|s, lor exarp|e, lre alors are oourd
slrorg|y |rlo ro|ecu|es, oul lre ro|ecu|es are oourd Wea||y lo eacr olrer.

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V|crosoll Ercarla 95 1991 Fur| & wagra||'s Corporal|or

Ercyc|oped|a 8r|larr|ca 1988 vo|.11 15lr Ed|l|or Ercyc|opd|a. 8r|larr|ca, lrc.
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Corplor's Ercyc|oped|a 1988 vo|.22 Ed|l|or Ercyc|opd|a. 8r|larr|ca, lrc.